Commentary on Farsalinos et al. (2015): E-cigarettes do not expose users to dangerous levels of aldehydes

Addiction

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1357-1358

  Hajek, Peter ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E cigarettes; False alarms; Publication bias

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; NICOTINE;

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; HUMAN; TOBACCO;

ALDEHYDES; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; HUMANS; NICOTINE; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84936929537     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12958     Document Type: Note

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