High-Nicotine Electronic Cigarette Products: Toxicity of JUUL Fluids and Aerosols Correlates Strongly with Nicotine and Some Flavor Chemical Concentrations

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 1058-1069

  Omaiye, Esther E ^a   McWhirter, Kevin J ^b   Luo, Wentai ^b,c   Pankow, James F ^b,c   Talbot, Prue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Portland State University   (United States)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZYL ALCOHOL; ETHYLMALTOL; MENTHOL; NICOTINE; VANILLIN; FLAVORING AGENT;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BEAS-2B CELL LINE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETER); CUCUMBER; CYTOTOXICITY; FLAVOR; FRUIT; IN VITRO STUDY; INHALATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MTT ASSAY; TOBACCO; TOXICITY; UPTAKE ASSAY; VIRGINIA; ADVERSE EVENT; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PACKAGING;

AEROSOLS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLAVORING AGENTS; HUMANS; NICOTINE; PRODUCT LABELING; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 85065042874     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.8b00381     Document Type: Article

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