Hidden formaldehyde in e-cigarette aerosols

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 372, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 392-394

  Jensen, R Paul ^a   Luo, Wentai ^a   Pankow, James F ^a   Strongin, Robert M ^a   Peyton, David H ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FORMALDEHYDE; AEROSOL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SOLVENT;

AEROSOL; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; LETTER; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NEOPLASM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; CHEMISTRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK;

AEROSOLS; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; RISK; SOLVENTS;

EID: 84921466573     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1413069     Document Type: Letter

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