EffiCiency and Safety of an eLectronic cigAreTte (ECLAT) as Tobacco Cigarettes Substitute: A Prospective 12-Month Randomized Control Design Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Caponnetto, Pasquale ^a   Campagna, Davide ^a   Cibella, Fabio ^b   Morjaria, Jaymin B ^c   Caruso, Massimo ^a   Russo, Cristina ^a   Polosa, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; COTININE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; NICOTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE THERAPY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRODUCT SAFETY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SMOKING HABIT; THROAT IRRITATION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; XEROSTOMIA;

ELECTRONICS; HUMANS; NICOTINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84879475265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066317     Document Type: Article

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