E-cigarettes: A review of new trends in cannabis use

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 9988-10008

  Giroud, Christian ^a,b,c   de Cesare, Mariangela ^d   Berthet, Aurélie ^b,c,e   Varlet, Vincent ^a,b,c   Concha Lozano, Nicolas ^b,c,e   Favrat, Bernard ^a,b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Community Medicine and Health ^*  (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d Unit di Medicina e Psicologia del Traffico   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cannabis; Electronic cigarette; Vaping

Indexed keywords

BUTANE HONEY OIL; CANNABIDIOL; CANNABINOID; CANNABIS; CANNABIS E LIQUID; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RECREATIONAL DRUG; SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENCE; CHILD HEALTH; SMOKING; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TOXICOLOGY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; CANNABIS USE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHRONIC TOXICITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PASSIVE EXPOSURE; REVIEW; VAPORIZER; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CANNABIS SMOKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEBULIZER; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

CANNABINOIDS; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; HUMANS; MARIJUANA SMOKING; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS;

EID: 84939607434     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120809988     Document Type: Review

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