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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Comparison of Nicotine Dependence and Biomarker Levels among Traditional Cigarette, Heat-Not-Burn Cigarette, and Liquid E-Cigarette Users: Results from the Think Study.

Guillaume Rudasingwa, Yeonjin Kim, Cheolmin Lee, Jeomkyu Lee, Seunghyun Kim, Sungroul Kim

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Guillaume RudasingwaIntegrated Research Center of Risk Assessment, Soonchunhyang University, Soonchunhyang-Ro 22, Asan 31538, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-7874-7468
Yeonjin KimDepartment of ICT Environmental Health System, Graduate School, Soonchunhyang University, Soonchunhyang-Ro 22, Asan 31538, Korea.
Cheolmin LeeDepartment of Family Medicine, Healthcare System Gangnam Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul 06236, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-8652-4355
Jeomkyu LeeDivision of Respiratory and Allergy Disease Research, Department of Chronic Disease Convergence Research, National Institute of Health (NIH), Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), Osong 28159, Korea.
Seunghyun KimDivision of Respiratory and Allergy Disease Research, Department of Chronic Disease Convergence Research, National Institute of Health (NIH), Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), Osong 28159, Korea.
Sungroul KimIntegrated Research Center of Risk Assessment, Soonchunhyang University, Soonchunhyang-Ro 22, Asan 31538, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-8726-9288
Soonchunhyang University · KRKorea Disease Control and Prevention Agency · KRSeoul National University Hospital · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to compare Korean smokers' smoking-related biomarker levels by tobacco product type, including heat-not-burn cigarettes (HNBC), liquid e-cigarettes (EC), and traditional cigarettes (TC). Nicotine dependence levels were evaluated in Korean adult study participants including TC-, EC-, HNBC-only users and nonsmokers (

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Electronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsTobacco ProductsTobacco Use DisorderAdultBiomarkersChromatography, LiquidCotinineHot TemperatureHumansRepublic of KoreaSeoulTandem Mass SpectrometryBiomarkersCotininebiomarkerelectronic cigaretteheat-not-burn cigarettenicotine dependencesmoking

Identifiers

PMID33947137
PMCPMC8124521
OpenAlexW3158374903

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