Burns from e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 354, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Meernik, Clare ^a   Williams, Felicia N ^b   Cairns, Bruce A ^b   Grant, Ernest J ^b   Goldstein, Adam O ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

BURN; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EXPLOSION RISK; FACE BURN; FACE FRACTURE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT SAFETY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84989213514     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i5024     Document Type: Editorial

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