Flavoring Chemicals and Aldehydes in E-Cigarette Emissions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 18, 2017, Pages 10806-10813

  Klager, Skylar ^a   Vallarino, Jose ^a   MacNaughton, Piers ^a   Christiani, David C ^a   Lu, Quan ^a   Allen, Joseph G ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALDEHYDES; CHEMICAL HAZARDS; CHEMICALS; FORMALDEHYDE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TOBACCO;

CHEMICAL CONTENT; DIACETYL; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTORS; FORMALDEHYDE CONCENTRATIONS; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; PRIORITY CHEMICALS; PROPIONALDEHYDE; RESPIRATORY HAZARDS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY;

2,3 BUTANEDIONE; ACETALDEHYDE; ACETOIN; ALDEHYDE; FLAVORING AGENT; FORMALDEHYDE; PROPIONALDEHYDE; NICOTINE;

ALDEHYDE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; EMISSION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERNET; SAMPLING;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PYROLYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET DETECTOR; VAPOR; VOLATILIZATION;

ALDEHYDES; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FLAVORING AGENTS; FORMALDEHYDE; NICOTINE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 85029700762     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b02205     Document Type: Article

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