Aspects of the design protocol and the statistical methods for analysis of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide yields in cigarette smoke that can affect the measurement variability within collaborative studies

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 252-265

  Verron, T ^a   Czechowicz, M ^b   Heller, W D ^b   Cahours, X ^a   Purkis, S W ^c  

^a SEITA   (France)

^b DZV Deutscher Zigarettenverband   (Germany)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaborative studies; Smoke yields; Smoking regimes; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CIGARETTE SMOKE; NICOTINE; TAR;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

" TAR" , NICOTINE AND CO SMOKE YIELDS; ACS; ASIAN COLLABORATIVE STUDIES; CANADIAN INTENSE MACHINE SMOKING REGIME; CARBON MONOXIDE; CI; CO; COLLABORATIVE STUDIES; COOPERATION CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH RELATIVE TO TOBACCO; CORESTA; EUCS; EUROPEAN COLLABORATIVE STUDIES; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION; INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY; ISO; ISO TECHNICAL COMMITTEE 126 ON TOBACCO AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS; ISO WORKING GROUP 10; IUPAC; NFDPM; NICOTINE FREE DRY PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKE YIELDS; SMOKING REGIMES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TC126; TNCO; TOTAL PARTICULATE MATTER; TPM; WG10;

CARBON MONOXIDE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; NICOTINE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SMOKE; TARS; TOBACCO;

EID: 84886595633     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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