E-cigarette liquid nicotine ingestion in a child: Case report and discussion

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 699-703

  Gill, Natasha ^a,b   Sangha, Gurinder ^a,b   Poonai, Naveen ^a,b   Lim, Rodrick ^a,b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

E cigarette; Ingestion; Nicotine; Pediatric; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSAL DISCOLORATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; IRRITABILITY; NICOTINE POISONING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VOMITING; EATING; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; TOBACCO;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EATING; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NICOTINE; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84968610670     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/cem.2015.10     Document Type: Article

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