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The effects of maternal cigarette smoke exposure on somatic mutant frequencies at the hprt locus in healthy newborns.
Mutation research - 9 Jun 1997
Finette B A, Poseno T, Vacek P M, Albertini R J
Abstract excerpt
We utilized the hprt T-cell cloning assay to prospectively determined the somatic mutant frequency at the hprt locus of fetal T-lymphocytes exposed in utero to maternal active and passive cigarette smoke. In addition, a maternal questionnaire was administered to evaluate a number of social and medical parameters that may effect hprt mutant frequency. Newborn cord blood plasma cotinine levels were determined on...
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