E-cigarettes: A scientific review

Circulation

Volumn 129, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 1972-1986

  Grana, Rachel ^a   Benowitz, Neal ^a   Glantz, Stanton A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Particulate matter; Public policy; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; GLYCEROL; NICOTINE; NICOTINE PATCH; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CYTOTOXICITY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROBLAST; MARKETING; NEURAL STEM CELL; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC POLICY; SMOKING;

ELECTRONICS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901373578     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.007667     Document Type: Review

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