Metal concentrations in electronic cigarette aerosol: Effect of open-system and closed-system devices and power settings

Environmental Research

Volumn 174, Issue , 2019, Pages 125-134

  Zhao, Di ^a,b   Navas Acien, Ana ^b   Ilievski, Vesna ^b   Slavkovich, Vesna ^b   Olmedo, Pablo ^b,c   Adria Mora, Bernat ^b   Domingo Relloso, Arce ^b   Aherrera, Angela ^d   Kleiman, Norman J ^b   Rule, Ana M ^d   Hilpert, Markus ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Closed system; E cigarettes; Open system; Toxic metals

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CIGARETTE SMOKE; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL; NICKEL; TIN; TUNGSTEN; URANIUM; ZINC; HEAVY METAL;

AEROSOL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; METAL; TOBACCO;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETER); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; INHALATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

AEROSOLS; CHROMIUM; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS; METALS, HEAVY; NICKEL;

EID: 85065060209     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2019.04.003     Document Type: Article

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