‘Herbal’ but potentially hazardous: An analysis of the constituents and smoke emissions of tobacco-free waterpipe products and the air quality in the cafés where they are served

Tobacco Control

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 290-297

  Hammal, Fadi ^a   Chappell, Alyssa ^a   Cameron Wild, T ^a   Kindzierski, Warren ^a   Shihadeh, Alan ^b   Vanderhoek, Amanda ^a   Huynh, Cong Khanh ^c   Plateel, Gregory ^c   Finegan, Barry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PASSIVE SMOKING; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PASSIVE SMOKING; SMOKING;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; HUMANS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84928207085     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051169     Document Type: Article

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