A device-independent evaluation of carbonyl emissions from heated electronic cigarette solvents

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Wang, Ping ^a   Chen, Wenhao ^a   Liao, Jiawen ^a,b   Matsuo, Toshiki ^a,c   Ito, Kazuhide ^c   Fowles, Jeff ^a   Shusterman, Dennis ^d   Mendell, Mark ^a   Kumagai, Kazukiyo ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ACROLEIN; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYCEROL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; STAINLESS STEEL;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; SIMULATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VAPORIZATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE;

ACETALDEHYDE; ACROLEIN; AIR POLLUTION; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYCEROL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85009152847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169811     Document Type: Article

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