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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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BioMed Central
2010
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| 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 |