E-cigarettes as a source of toxic and potentially carcinogenic metals

Environmental Research

Volumn 152, Issue , 2017, Pages 221-225

  Hess, Catherine Ann ^a,b   Olmedo, Pablo ^b   Navas Acien, Ana ^b   Goessler, Walter ^c   Cohen, Joanna E ^b   Rule, Ana Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carcinogens; Electronic nicotine delivery devices; Non cigarette tobacco products

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CARCINOGEN; CHROMIUM; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT;

CARCINOGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; HEALTH IMPACT; HEAVY METAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; LIQUID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; POLLUTANT; UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS, HEAVY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84993945014     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.09.026     Document Type: Article

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