Emissions from Electronic Cigarettes: Assessing Vapers' Intake of Toxic Compounds, Secondhand Exposures, and the Associated Health Impacts

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 16, 2017, Pages 9271-9279

  Logue, Jennifer M ^a   Sleiman, Mohamad ^a,b   Montesinos, V Nahuel ^c   Russell, Marion L ^a   Litter, Marta I ^c,d   Benowitz, Neal L ^e   Gundel, Lara A ^a   Destaillats, Hugo ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; FORMALDEHYDE; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HERBICIDES; POLLUTION; TOBACCO;

AIR EXCHANGE RATES; AIR POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS; BATTERY VOLTAGES; BENZENE CONCENTRATION; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; HARMFUL COMPOUNDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

2,3 BUTANEDIONE; ACROLEIN; BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CIGARETTE SMOKE; FORMALDEHYDE;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EMISSION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMBUSTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PASSIVE SMOKING; TEMPERATURE; VAPING; ANALYSIS; CALIFORNIA; DANGEROUS GOODS; HUMAN; RISK;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

NEPTUNIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CALIFORNIA; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FORMALDEHYDE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; RISK; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 85027439954     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b00710     Document Type: Article

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