Thigh deep burns caused by electronic vaping devices (e-cigarettes): A new mechanism

Burns

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1133-1135

  Serror, Kevin ^a   Chaouat, Marc ^a   De Runz, Antoine ^b   Mimoun, Maurice ^a   Boccara, David ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURN; CASE REPORT; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EXCISION; HUMAN; LETTER; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOCAL THERAPY; THIGH; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; AGE; ELECTRONICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; LEG INJURY; NEBULIZER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; VAPING;

NICOTINE;

AGE FACTORS; BURNS; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; ELECTRONICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; NICOTINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THIGH; VAPING;

EID: 85014343676     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2017.01.038     Document Type: Letter

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