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Cytogenetic damage in bidi smokers.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco - 1 Feb 2000
Yadav J S, Thakur S
Abstract excerpt
The genotoxic effects of bidi smoke were investigated in the somatic chromosomes of 45 men habituated to smoking bidi. Mitotic index (MI), chromosomal aberrations (CA), sister chromatid exchanges (SCE) and satellite associations (SA) were used as parameters. When compared with the results obtained in the blood samples from the comparable non-smoker group of men, a significant increase (p < 0.01) was noted in all...
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