Presence of the Carcinogen N′-Nitrosonornicotine in Saliva of E-cigarette Users

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 731-738

  Bustamante, Gabriela ^a,b   Ma, Bin ^a   Yakovlev, Galina ^a   Yershova, Katrina ^a   Le, Chap ^a   Jensen, Joni ^c   Hatsukami, Dorothy K ^a,c   Stepanov, Irina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (METHYLNITROSAMINO) 1 (3 PYRIDYL) 1 BUTANOL; COTININE; NICOTINE; NITROSONORNICOTINE; NORNICOTINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARCINOGEN; N'-NITROSONORNICOTINE; NITROSAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY NANOELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION HIGH RESOLUTION TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALE; NITROSATION; SALIVA; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SMOKING; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOBACCO; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; CARCINOGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; NITROSAMINES; SALIVA; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85050356190     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.8b00089     Document Type: Article

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