A randomized controlled trial of progressively reduced nicotine content cigarettes on smoking behaviors, biomarkers of exposure, and subjective ratings

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1125-1133

  Mercincavage, Melissa ^a   Souprountchouk, Valentina ^a   Tang, Kathy Z ^a   Dumont, Rachel L ^a   Wileyto, E Paul ^a   Carmella, Steven G ^b   Hecht, Stephen S ^b   Strasser, Andrew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; 4 (METHYLNITROSAMINO) 1 (3 PYRIDYL) 1 BUTANOL; 4 (METHYLNITROSAMINO) 1 (3 PYRIDYL) 1 BUTANONE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COTININE; NICOTINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVELY DECREASING REDUCED NICOTINE CONTENT CIGARETTE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOBACCO; URINE;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COTININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84977151380     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-15-1088     Document Type: Article

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