A novel method to quantify the emission and conversion of VOCs in the smoking of electronic cigarettes

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kim, Yong Hyun ^a   Kim, Ki Hyun ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84946925862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep16383     Document Type: Article

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