Comparative in vitro toxicity profile of electronic and tobacco cigarettes, Smokeless tobacco and nicotine replacement therapy products: E-liquids, Extracts and collected aerosols

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 11325-11347

  Misra, Manoj ^a   Leverette, Robert D ^a   Cooper, Bethany T ^a   Bennett, Melanee B ^a   Brown, Steven E ^a  

^a LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Condensate; Cytotoxicity; E cigarette; E liquid; In vitro; Inflammation; Mutagenicity; Snuff; Snus

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8; NICOTINE; AEROSOL; DNA; NICOTINE GUM; SMOKE;

AEROSOL; BIOASSAY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; SAFETY; SMOKE; TOBACCO; TOXICITY;

AEROSOL; AMES TEST; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXICITY; CYTOTOXICITY ASSAY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MUTAGENICITY; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; TOBACCO BURNING CIGARETTE; TOXICITY TESTING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CHO CELL LINE; CRICETULUS; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; MUTAGEN TESTING; SMOKE; TOBACCO; TOXICITY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CHO CELLS; CRICETULUS; DNA; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; HUMANS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; SMOKE; TOBACCO; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO USE CESSATION PRODUCTS; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 84908328821     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph111111325     Document Type: Article

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