Nicotine levels in electronic cigarette refill solutions: A comparative analysis of products from the US, Korea, and Poland

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 583-588

  Goniewicz, Maciej L ^a   Gupta, Ribhav ^a   Lee, Yong Hee ^a   Reinhardt, Skyler ^a   Kim, Sungroul ^b   Kim, Bokyeong ^b   Kosmider, Leon ^c,d   Sobczak, Andrzej ^d  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Poland)

Author keywords

E Cigarettes; Electronic cigarettes; Nicotine; Refill solutions

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; PACKAGING; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SOUTH KOREA; UNITED STATES; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; HUMANS; NICOTINE; POLAND; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOLUTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929341854     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.01.020     Document Type: Article

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