Heavy Metal Content in Cigarette and Hookah Tobacco in Iran

Background and purpose: Excessive intake of heavy metals has adverse health effects and smoking is one of the sources of these elements. The aim of this study was to investigate the concentrations of 11 heavy metals in tobacco of different widely-consumed brands of cigarettes and hookahs in Iran. Ma...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Ali Zazouli, Reza Dehbandi, Jamshid Yazdani Charati, Mahdi Taheripour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences 2020-07-01
Series:Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-14268-en.html