Elements including metals in the atomizer and aerosol of disposable electronic cigarettes and electronic hookahs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Williams, Monique ^a   Bozhilov, Krassimir ^a   Ghai, Sanjay ^a   Talbot, Prue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BARIUM; BORON; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; GERMANIUM; INDIUM; IRON; LANTHANUM; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; NICKEL; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM; SELENIUM; SILICON; SILVER; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; TIN; TOBACCO SMOKE; TUNGSTEN; VANADIUM; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM; BRASS; INORGANIC COMPOUND; METAL; NICOTINE;

AEROSOL; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; ELECTRONIC HOOKAH; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FLOW RATE; GENERAL DEVICE; HEALTH HAZARD; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; NEBULIZER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANALYSIS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; PROCEDURES; SMOKE; SPECTROSCOPY; TOBACCO;

AEROSOLS; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ELECTRONICS; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; METALS; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; NICKEL; NICOTINE; SILVER; SMOKE; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; TOBACCO; ZINC;

EID: 85017533250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175430     Document Type: Article

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