Resolution of recurrent tonsillitis in a non-smoker who became a vaper. A case study and new hypothesis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 109, Issue , 2017, Pages 17-18

  Miler, Joanna Astrid ^a,b   Hajek, Peter ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; NICOTINE;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CHRONIC TONSILLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; VAPING; CHEMISTRY; COMPLICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SMOKING; THEORETICAL MODEL; TONSILLITIS;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NICOTINE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SMOKERS; SMOKING; TONSILLITIS; VAPING;

EID: 85029673421     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2017.09.006     Document Type: Article

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