Prophylaxis of oxidative DNA damage by f
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Guido Frosina
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Article
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2006
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John Wiley and Sons
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French
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## Abstract Lying at the gas‐exchange interface, lung epithelia may be at risk of oxidation‐induced mutagenesis. Further, inflammation processes possibly consequent on smoking liberate reactive oxygen species that multiply the carcinogenic effects of tobacco. DNA repair mechanisms play a major role