Journal of Health Sciences & Surveillance System

Electronic-Cigarette (Vapors) Smoking and the Risk of COVID-19

Document Type : Letter to Editor

Authors

Rozhan Khezri 1
Saeed Golfiroozi 2
Layla Shojaie 3
Hossein- Ali Nikbakht 4
Sepideh Jahanian 5
Zahra Maleki 6
Mousa Ghelichi- Ghojogh 7

1 Student Research Committee, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran

3 Division of GI/Liver, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

4 Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran

5 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA

6 Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

7 Metabolic Disorders Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30476/jhsss.2021.92243.1326
Abstract
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Keywords

Coronavirus
COVID-19
Electronic-Cigarette
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