Commentary on Farsalinos et al. (2015): E-cigarettes generate high levels of aldehydes only in 'dry puff' conditions

Addiction

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1861-1862

  Shihadeh, Alan ^a   Talih, Soha ^a   Eissenberg, Thomas ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldehydes; Conflict of conscience; Dry puff; Electronic cigarettes; Peer review; Public health

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; NICOTINE;

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; SMOKING;

ALDEHYDES; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; NICOTINE; SMOKING;

EID: 84944445921     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.13066     Document Type: Letter

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