Electronic cigarettes: The resistance value of the heating filament could be the key to lung toxicity

Chest

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e29-e30

  Chausse, Pierre ^a,b   Naughton, Geraldine ^c   Dutheil, Frédéric ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b CLERMONT AUVERGNE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; GLYCEROL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVAPORATION; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEATING; HEATING FILAMENT; HUMAN; LUNG TOXICITY; MEDICAL DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTORY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84937605352     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.15-0497     Document Type: Letter

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