An approach to allergy risk assessments for e-liquid ingredients

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 87, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-8

  Costigan, Sandra ^a   Lopez Belmonte, Juan ^b  

^a Research and Development   (United Kingdom)

^b BAT Group Research and Development   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact sensitisation; E cigarette; E liquid; ENDS; Flavour; Hypersensitivity; Respiratory allergy; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ALLERGEN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ACCEPTABLE EXPOSURE LEVEL; ARTICLE; CACAO; CONSUMER EXPOSURE LEVEL; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CROSS ALLERGY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; EXPOSURE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SKIN SENSITIZATION; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY;

ALLERGENS; CACAO; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 85018309107     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2017.04.003     Document Type: Article

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