Measurements of electronic cigarette-generated particles for the evaluation of lung cancer risk of active and passive users

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 115, Issue , 2018, Pages 1-11

  Scungio, Mauro ^a   Stabile, Luca ^a   Buonanno, Giorgio ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

E cigs: Electronic cigarettes; ELCR; Lung cancer risk; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DISEASES; SMOKE; TOBACCO;

AREA CONCENTRATIONS; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKES; E-CIG: ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EXCESS LIFETIME CANCER RISK; LUNG CANCER RISKS; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; SURFACE AREA; TOXIC COMPOUNDS; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

AEROSOLS;

CIGARETTE SMOKE; NICOTINE;

AEROSOL; CANCER; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HEALTH RISK; HEATING; INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; SMOKE; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INHALATION; ITALY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; SURFACE AREA; VAPING;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 85032003427     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: 18791964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2017.10.006     Document Type: Article

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