Are e-cigarettes a gateway to smoking or a pathway to quitting?

British Dental Journal

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 111-115

  Alawsi, F ^a   Nour, R ^a   Prabhu, S ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; HUMANS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84939535518     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 14765373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2015.591     Document Type: Article

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