Half a pack of cigarettes a day more than doubles DNA breaks in circulating leukocytes

BACKGROUND: The mechanisms by which smoking induces damage is not known for all diseases. One mechanism believed to play a role is oxidative stress. Oxidative stress leads to cellular damage including DNA damage, particularly DNA breaks. We conducted this study to test the hypothesis that smokers ha...

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Autores principales: Mozaffarieh, Maneli, Konieczka, Katarzyna, Hauenstein, Daniela, Schoetzau, Andreas, Flammer, Josef
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2996352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21083877
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1617-9625-8-14

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2996352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21083877
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1617-9625-8-14

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