Formaldehyde from e-cigarettes-it's not as simple as some suggest

Addiction

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1687-1688

  Pankow, James F ^a,b   Strongin, Robert M ^a   Peyton, David H ^a  

^a Department of Chemistry ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; E cigarettes; Electronic cigarettes; Formaldehyde; Health effects; Risk; Vaping; Watts

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; FORMALDEHYDE;

AEROSOL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; HUMAN;

AEROSOLS; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS;

EID: 84941113585     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.13017     Document Type: Article

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