Chemical characterisation of aerosols emitted by electronic cigarettes using thermal desorption–gas chromatography–time of flight mass spectrometry

Journal of Chromatography A

Volumn 1497, Issue , 2017, Pages 144-154

  Rawlinson, Christopher ^a   Martin, Stuart ^a   Frosina, Justin ^a   Wright, Chris ^a  

^a BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Electronic cigarette; Non targeted; Thermal desorption; Threshold of toxicological concern; Untargeted

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DESORPTION; DRUG PRODUCTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROMETRY; THERMAL DESORPTION; TOBACCO;

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; NON-TARGETED; ORGANIC CONSTITUENTS; PRODUCT ASSESSMENT; THRESHOLD OF TOXICOLOGICAL CONCERN; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNTARGETED;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

OCTACOSANE; PROPANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT; AEROSOL; FLAVORING AGENT; HERBICIDE; PHTHALAZINE; PHTHALAZINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AEROSOL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESORPTION; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL DESORPTION; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUE; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; VOLUME; WORKFLOW; CHEMISTRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; TEMPERATURE;

AEROSOLS; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FLAVORING AGENTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HERBICIDES; PHTHALAZINES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85016588280     PISSN: 00219673     EISSN: 18733778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2017.02.050     Document Type: Article

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