Universal electronic-cigarette test: physiochemical characterization of reference e-liquid

Tobacco Induced Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Kim, Jeffrey J ^a   Sabatelli, Nicole ^b   Tutak, Wojtek ^a,e   Giuseppetti, Anthony ^a   Frukhtbeyn, Stanislav ^a   Shaffer, Ian ^c   Wilhide, Joshua ^c   Routkevitch, Denis ^d   Ondov, John M ^b  

^a Volpe Research Center ADA Foundation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

e cig; e liquid; Electronic cigarette; Reference material; Universal testing method

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE LIQUID; GLYCEROL; METAL; NICOTINE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; MISCIBILITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISCOSITY;

EID: 85012904448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16179625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12971-017-0119-x     Document Type: Article

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