Benzene uptake in hookah smokers and non-smokers attending hookah social events: Regulatory implications

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2793-2809

  Kassem, Nada O F ^a   Kassem, Noura O ^a   Jackson, Sheila R ^a   Liles, Sandy ^a   Daffa, Reem M ^a   Zarth, Adam T ^b   Younis, Maram A ^a   Carmella, Steven G ^b   Hofstetter, C Richard ^a   Chatfield, Dale A ^c   Matt, Georg E ^a,c   Hecht, Stephen S ^b   Hovell, Melbourne F ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; BENZENE; S PHENYLMERCAPTURIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PASSIVE SMOKING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SMOKING; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; TOBACCO USE; URINALYSIS; URINE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PASSIVE SMOKING; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

BENZENE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 84919330345     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-0576     Document Type: Article

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