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[The role of smoking in the epigenetic modification of phenotype: the latest knowledge about smoking-induced pathways].
Casopis lekaru ceskych - 1 Jan 2013
Hrubá Drahoslava, Sikolová Veronika, Kunzová Sárka, Kašíková Kateřina
Abstract excerpt
Many environmental factors, including chemicals in cigarette smoke, have deleterious effects on human health. Epidemiological studies have repeatedly confirmed that prenatal exposure to maternal smoking is associated not only with complications of pregnancy, foetal growth retardation and disturbed development, but also with an increased risk of serious diseases manifested during childhood and adulthood. The...
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