Burns resulting from spontaneous combustion of electronic cigarettes: A case series

Burns and Trauma

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Sheckter, Clifford ^a   Chattopadhyay, Arhana ^a   Paro, John ^a   Karanas, Yvonne ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn; E cig; E cigarette; Electronic cigarettes

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020287870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23213876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s41038-016-0061-9     Document Type: Article

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