E-cigarettes in Europe: Does regulation swing from overcautious to careless?

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1291-1294

  Henkler, Frank ^a   Luch, Andreas ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; HUMECTANT; NICOTINE;

AEROSOL; DRUG INTOXICATION; EDITORIAL; EUROPE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING REGULATION; TOBACCO; CLASSIFICATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION;

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS;

EID: 84903482184     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: 14320738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-014-1293-8     Document Type: Editorial

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