Comparison of end tidal carbon monoxide (eCO) levels in shisha (water pipe) and cigarette smokers

Tobacco Induced Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Akhter, Saima ^a   Warraich, Usman Ali ^b   Rizvi, Nadeem ^a   Idrees, Nusrat ^a   Zaina, Fatima ^a  

^a JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b INDUS UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoker; End tidal carbon monoxide levels (eCO); Restaurants; Shisha; Shisha cafes; Shisha smokers

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ACTIVE SMOKING; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CATERING SERVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE SMOKING; PILOT STUDY; SHISHA SMOKING; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT;

EID: 84905392013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16179625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1617-9625-12-10     Document Type: Article

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