Reduction in oxidatively generated DNA damage following smoking cessation

Background Cigarette smoking is a known cause of cancer, and cancer may be in part due to effects of oxidative stress. However, whether smoking cessation reverses oxidatively induced DNA damage unclear. The current study sought to examine the extent to which three DNA lesions showed significant redu...

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Main Authors: Harold C. Box, Richard J. O'Connor, Helen B. Patrzyc, Herbert Iijima, Jean B. Dawidzik, Harold G. Freund, Edwin E. Budzinski, K Michael Cummings, Martin C. Mahoney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Publishing 2011-05-01
Series:Tobacco Induced Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.journalssystem.com/tid/Reduction-in-oxidatively-generated-DNA-damage-following-smoking-cessation,65985,0,2.html