Evaluation of micronuclei in tobacco users: A study in Punjabi population

Contemporary Clinical Dentistry

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 184-187

  Bansal, Himanta ^a   Sandhu, V ^a   Bhandari, Rajat ^a   Sharma, Deepti ^a  

^a Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Genesis Institute of Dental Sciences and Research ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Chromosomal aberrations; exfoliative cytology; genotoxic agents; micronuclei; Papanicolaou stain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899674428     PISSN: 0976237X     EISSN: 09762361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-237X.96825     Document Type: Article

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