A comparative study of systemic carcinogen exposure in waterpipe smokers, cigarette smokers and Non-Smokers

Tobacco Control

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 125-127

  Ali, Radwan Al ^a   Rastam, Samer ^a   Ibrahim, Iman ^a   Bazzi, Asma ^b   Fayad, Sanaa ^b   Shihadeh, Alan L ^b   Zaatari, Ghazi S ^b   Maziak, Wasim ^a,c  

^a SYRIAN CENTER FOR TOBACCO STUDIES   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; NITROSAMINE; PASSIVE SMOKING; WATER;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PASSIVE SMOKING; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CARCINOGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NITROSAMINES; SMOKING; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923223137     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051206     Document Type: Article

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