The electronic cigarette: Potential health benefit or mere business?

Tumori

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  De Marco, Cinzia ^a   Invernizzi, Giovanni ^a,b,c   Bosi, Sandra ^b   Pozzi, Paolo ^a   Di Paco, Adriano ^d   Mazza, Roberto ^a   Ruprecht, Ario Alberto ^a   Munarini, Elena ^a   Boffi, Roberto ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Lega Italiana per la Lotta Contro i Tumori (LILT)   (Italy)

^c SIMG Società Italiana di Medicina Generale   (Italy)

^d Centro Svezzamento e Riabilitazione Respiratoria Auxilium Vitae   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electronic cigarette; Tobacco smoke; Toxicity and safety

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE;

AEROSOL; AWARENESS; CARTRIDGE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEVICE SAFETY; ELECTRONICS; GENERAL MEDICAL DEVICE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; PASSIVE SMOKING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SMOKING CESSATION; TOXICITY;

COMMERCE; ELECTRONICS; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; ITALY; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE CESSATION PRODUCTS;

EID: 84894281518     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: 20382529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089161309900624     Document Type: Review

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