Empirical characterisation of ranges of mainstream smoke toxicant yields from contemporary cigarette products using quantile regression methodology

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 458-472

  Camacho, Oscar M ^a   Eldridge, Alison ^a   Proctor, Christopher J ^a   McAdam, Kevin ^a  

^a BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetone; Cigarette smoke toxicants; N' nitrosoanatabine; Percentiles; Phenol; Pyridine; Quantile regression; Tobacco regulation; Toxicant yields

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CIGARETTE SMOKE; N' NITROSOANATABINE; NICOTINE; PHENOL; PYRIDINE; TAR; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; N'-NITROSOANATABINE; NITROSAMINE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; SMOKE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTILE REGRESSION; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; STANDARDIZATION; ANALYSIS; PASSIVE SMOKING; SMOKE; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ACETONE; NITROSAMINES; PHENOL; PYRIDINES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKE; TOBACCO; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84930639491     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2015.05.023     Document Type: Article

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