Flavoring compounds dominate toxic aldehyde production during E‑cigarette vaping

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 23, 2016, Pages 13080-13085

  Khlystov, Andrey ^a   Samburova, Vera ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; THERMOLYSIS; TOBACCO; TOXICITY;

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL TOXICITY; EXPOSED TO; FLAVOURINGS; LIQUID PROPYLENE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIMARY USERS; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; YOUNG USER;

LIQUIDS;

ALDEHYDE; FLAVORING AGENT; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYCEROL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; NICOTINE;

ALDEHYDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; SAFETY; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; LIQUID; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION; VAPING; VAPOR; CHEMISTRY;

ALDEHYDES; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FLAVORING AGENTS; NICOTINE; VAPING;

EID: 85009099952     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b05145     Document Type: Article

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