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Genetic cancer susceptibility and DNA adducts: studies in smokers, tobacco chewers, and coke oven workers.
Cancer detection and prevention - 1 Jan 1999
Bartsch H, Rojas M, Nair U, Nair J, Alexandrov K
Abstract excerpt
Preventive strategies require identification of cancer-susceptible individuals resulting from combinations of carcinogen exposure, cancer-predisposing genes, and lack of protective factors. To this aim, related to tobacco smoking and chewing (betel quid), we measured PAH-DNA adducts as exposure and susceptibility markers together with genetic polymorphism in drug-metabolizing enzymes related to CYP1A1, GSTM1, and...
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