Electronic cigarettes: We need evidence, not opinions

The Lancet

Volumn 386, Issue 10000, 2015, Pages 1239-

  McKee, Martin ^a   Capewell, Simon ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84943456609     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00146-4     Document Type: Letter

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