First- and second-hand smoke dispersion analysis from e-cigarettes using a computer-simulated person with a respiratory tract model

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 898-916

  Kuga, Kazuki ^a   Ito, Kazuhide ^a   Yoo, Sung Jun ^a   Chen, Wenhao ^b   Wang, Ping ^b   Liao, Jiawen ^b,c   Fowles, Jeff ^d   Shusterman, Dennis ^e   Kumagai, Kazukiyo ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Environmental Health Laboratory California Department of Public Health   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Environmental Health Investigations Branch   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Computer simulated person; E cigarette; Human respiratory tract; Inhalation exposure

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADSORPTION; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; ENVIRONMENT; EXPOSURE; FIRST HAND SMOKE DISPERSION ANALYSIS; FLOW; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RESPIRATORY TRACT MODEL; SECOND HAND SMOKE DISPERSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 85029687651     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X17694476     Document Type: Article

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