Body burden of toxic metals and rare earth elements in non-smokers, cigarette smokers and electronic cigarette users

• Published in: Environmental research Vol. 166; pp. 269 - 275
• Main Authors: Badea, Mihaela, Luzardo, Octavio P., González-Antuña, Ana, Zumbado, Manuel, Rogozea, Liliana, Floroian, Laura, Alexandrescu, Dana, Moga, Marius, Gaman, Laura, Radoi, Mariana, Boada, Luis D., Henríquez-Hernández, Luis Alberto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.10.2018
• Subjects: ANTIMONY; BERYLLIUM; BLOOD SERUM; BODY BURDEN; CERIUM; cigarettes; CONCENTRATION RATIO; COPPER; Cross-Sectional Studies; Electronic cigarette; electronic equipment; Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; ERBIUM; EUROPIUM; Exposure; HEAVY METALS; human health; Humans; ICP MASS SPECTROSCOPY; INTAKE; Metals, Heavy - blood; Metals, Rare Earth - blood; MOLYBDENUM; Non-Smokers; POLLUTANTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; Rare earth elements; Romania; selenium; SILVER; Smokers; SMOKES; Smoking; STRONTIUM; Tobacco; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOXICITY; Trace Elements - blood; VANADIUM; ZINC; Romania; Tobacco; Exposure; Rare earth elements; Heavy metals; Electronic cigarette; Smoking

Smoking is considered an important source for inorganic elements, most of them toxic for human health. During the last years, there has been a significant increase in the use of e-cigarettes, although the role of them as source of inorganic elements has not been well established. A cross-sectional s...