This report reviews the literature on the genotoxicity of mainstream tobacco smoke and
cigarette smoke condensate (CSC) published since 1985. CSC is genotoxic in nearly all …

Reported herein are the results of a structured literature review that was undertaken to (a)
determine if human buccal (mouth) cell changes are associated with smoking and …

The effect of tobacco smoking on the frequency of micronuclei (MN) in human lymphocytes
has been the object of many population studies. In most reports, the results were …

The frequency of micronuclei (MN) in cultured peripheral lymphocytes was used as a
biomarker of genotoxic effects in 34 Italian pesticide-exposed greenhouse workers and 33 …

The pesticides in use in Greek greenhouses include a number of agents known to be
mutagens and carcinogens. In the present study, we evaluated whether occupational …

Periodontitis is generally considered to be a consequence of an unfavourable host‐parasite
interaction in which bacteria are the determinants of disease. An intense search continues …

The aim of our study was to assess the effects of cigarette smoking on selected indices of
immunity. The study comprised 116 men divided into three groups: 37 subjects smoking for …

Microscopic examination of individual human lymphocytes embedded in agarose, subjected
to electrophoresis and stained with a fluorescent DNA-binding dye, provides a novel way of …

Sister chromatid exchange (SCE) and micronuclei (MN) analysis was carried out on 1,650
healthy individuals living in Pisa and in two nearby small cities, Cascina and Navacchio (Ca …

In contrast to the numerous studies which show that lymphocytes play an important role in
the pathogenesis of asthma, few studies have investigated the role of lymphocytes in the …