Electronic cigarette: A safer alternative or potential poison?

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 532-535

  Smith, Janet E ^a  

^a LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POISON;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; SAFETY; STANDARDS; TOXICOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; HUMANS; POISONS; SAFETY; TOXICOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84927641543     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NHH.0000000000000138     Document Type: Article

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