Qualitative analysis of e-liquid emissions as a function of flavor additives using two aerosol capture methods

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Eddingsaas, Nathan ^a   Pagano, Todd ^b   Cummings, Cody ^b   Rahman, Irfan ^c   Robinson, Risa ^d   Hensel, Edward ^d  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Kate Gleason College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

E liquid; Electronic cigarettes; Emissions; Flavor; Harmful and potentially harmful constituents; Regulatory science; Tobacco product characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE; AEROSOL; EMISSION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLVENT; TOBACCO;

AEROSOL CAPTURE METHOD; ARTICLE; CINNAMON FLAVOR; DESORPTION; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FILTER PAD; FLAVOR; FLOW RATE; IMPINGER; MANGO FLAVOR; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETENTION TIME; SMOKING AND SMOKING RELATED PHENOMENA; SMOKING DEVICE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; THERMAL DESORPTION TUBE; VANILLA FLAVOR; AEROSOL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

CINNAMOMUM VERUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

FLAVORING AGENT;

AEROSOLS; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FLAVORING AGENTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 85042259229     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15020323     Document Type: Article

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