Pediatric death after unintentional exposure to liquid nicotine for an electronic cigarette

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 890-891

  Eggleston, William ^a   Nacca, Nicholas ^b   Stork, Christine M ^a   Marraffa, Jeanna M ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTININE; LIQUID NICOTINE; NICOTINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NICOTINIC AGENT;

AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LETTER; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESUSCITATION; STOMACH CONTENT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VOMITING; FATALITY; INFANT;

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS;

EID: 84979019782     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2016.1207081     Document Type: Letter

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