Health impact of E-cigarettes: A prospective 3.5-year study of regular daily users who have never smoked

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Polosa, Riccardo ^a   Cibella, Fabio ^b   Caponnetto, Pasquale ^a   Maglia, Marilena ^a   Prosperini, Umberto ^c   Russo, Cristina ^d   Tashkin, Donald ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Ospedale San Vincenzo   (Italy)

^d UOC Urologia ARNAS Garibaldi   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; BREATH ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LUNG; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; BREATH TESTS; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LUNG; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 85034605742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-14043-2     Document Type: Article

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