The Electronic Cigarette: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 498-505

  Cooke, Andrew ^a   Fergeson, Jennifer ^a   Bulkhi, Adeeb ^a,b   Casale, Thomas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Carcinogen; Electronic cigarettes; Formaldehyde; Smokers; Tobacco cessation; Toxic; Vaping

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLBENZALDEHYDE; ACETALDEHYDE; ACROLEIN; BENZALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM; CIGARETTE SMOKE; FORMALDEHYDE; ILLICIT DRUG; LEAD; META XYLENE; NICKEL; NITROSONORNICOTINE; PARA XYLENE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NICOTINE;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BURN; DIZZINESS; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SMOKING CESSATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT CONGESTION; VOMITING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DEVICES; UTILIZATION;

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; HUMANS; NICOTINE; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84943232288     PISSN: 22132198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2015.05.022     Document Type: Article

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