European Journal of Cancer
Volume 41, Issue 13 , Pages 1864-1874 , September 2005

Chemoprevention of genome, transcriptome, and proteome alterations induced by cigarette smoke in rat lung

  • Alberto Izzotti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Via A. Pastore 1, I-16132 Genoa, Italy
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  • Maria Bagnasco

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Via A. Pastore 1, I-16132 Genoa, Italy
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  • Cristina Cartiglia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Via A. Pastore 1, I-16132 Genoa, Italy
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  • Mariagrazia Longobardi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Via A. Pastore 1, I-16132 Genoa, Italy
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  • Roumen M. Balansky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Via A. Pastore 1, I-16132 Genoa, Italy
    • National Center of Oncology, Str. Plovdivsko pole 6, Sofia 1756, Bulgaria
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  • Andrea Merello

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Via A. Pastore 1, I-16132 Genoa, Italy
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  • Ronald A. Lubet

      Affiliations

    • National Cancer Institute, 6130 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20852-7322, USA
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  • Silvio De Flora

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Via A. Pastore 1, I-16132 Genoa, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 10 353 8500; fax: +39 10 353 8504.

Received 24 March 2005 ,Accepted 1 April 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2005.04.011

European Journal of Cancer
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