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[Mutagen sensitivity of patients with laryngeal and oropharyngeal carcinoma].
Laryngo- rhino- otologie - 1 Dec 1999
Kleinsasser N H, Harréus U A, Wallner B C, Kastenbauer E R
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BACKGROUND: Carcinogenesis in the larynx and oropharynx is often associated with excessive exposure to tobacco smoke and alcohol. However, attention is increasingly being focused on genetically determined mutagen sensitivities and on the mutagenic impact of xenobiotics. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the genotoxicity of phthalates (plasticizers widely used in synthetic materials), as well as...
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