Studies of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Cigarette Mainstream Smoke: Identification, Tobacco Precursors, Control of Levels: A Review

During the period of tobacco smoke research from the early 1950s to the mid-1960s it was repeatedly asserted that a) tobacco and many tobacco components were involved in the pyrogenesis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), several of which were reported to initiate tumors on the skin of labor...

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Main Author: Rodgman A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2001-10-01
Series:Contributions to Tobacco and Nicotine Research
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0724