Characteristics and outcomes of e-cigarette exposure incidents reported to 10 European Poison Centers: A retrospective data analysis

Tobacco Induced Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Vardavas, Constantine I ^a,b   Girvalaki, Charis ^a   Filippidis, Filippos T ^c   Oder, Mare ^d   Kastanje, Ruth ^d   De Vries, Irma ^e   Scholtens, Lies ^e   Annas, Anita ^f   Plackova, Silvia ^g   Turk, Rajka ^h   Gruzdyte, Laima ⁱ   Rato, Fátima ^j   Genser, Dieter ^k   Schiel, Helmut ^k   Balázs, Andrea ^l   Donohoe, Elaine ^m   Vardavas, Alexander I ⁿ   Tzatzarakis, Manolis N ⁿ   Tsatsakis, Aristidis M ⁿ   Behrakis, Panagiotis K ^a,b  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GREECE   (Greece)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Poisoning Information Center   (Estonia)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f Swedish Poisons Information Centre   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRATISLAVA   (Slovakia)

^h INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

ⁱ Center for Health Education and Disease Prevention   (Lithuania)

^j Ministerio da Saude Portuguese   (Portugal)

^k Poisons Information Center   (Austria)

^l National Institute of Chemical Safety   (Hungary)

^m BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

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Author keywords

e liquid; Europe; Poison centers; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIZZINESS; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INGESTION; INHALATION; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; POISON CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; VOMITING;

EID: 85027495378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16179625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12971-017-0141-z     Document Type: Article

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