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Showing 1 to 20 of 357 for “"smokers"”.
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Point mutations in normal lungs of smokers and non-smokers
… an assay of nuclear point mutations in lungs of smokers and nonsmokers. Mismatch amplification mutation assay (MAMA), an effective form of allele-specific PCR, was applied for detection of point mutations in TP53 bp742, bp746 and bp747, K-ras bp35 and HPRT bp508 from a total of 291 …
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Are Antinuclear Antibodies and Rheumatiod Factor Positivity More Prevalent in Apparently Healthy Smokers Compared to Ex-Smokers and Never Smokers?
… past and current second hand smoke. For never smokers there was an interaction of second hand smoke exposure with age. Those not exposed to second hand smoke showed increasing probability of ANA positivity with age. Those exposed to second hand smoke showed no such increase (0/?=0.908, 95% …
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COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN AGING COCAINE SMOKERS
… impact cognitive function in aging cocaine smokers; however, there is relatively little literature on this matter. The purpose of this study was to compare cognitive function in aging cocaine smokers and healthy aging individuals. The study enrolled a total of 20 participants between the …
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Cytisine concentration-effect relationships in human smokers
… on physiological and psychological measures in smokers and to explore whether these effects could be related to the plasma concentrations of cytisine in human smokers who were instructed to adhere to the standard dosing regimen of Tabex® In order to study the human metabolism and …
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Reduction of white blood cell DNA strand breaks (alkaline comet assay) in smokers and non smokers by black tea consumption
This document only includes an excerpt of the corresponding thesis or dissertation. To request a digital scan of the full text, please contact the Ruth Lilly Medical Library's Interlibrary Loan Department (rlmlill@iu.edu).
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Personalized Feedback for Smokers with Elevated Anxiety Sensitivity
… death and disability. The majority of smokers report a desire to quit and most make a serious quit attempt each year. Unfortunately, more than 95% of cessation attempters relapse within 6 months. Clinical and laboratory studies have identified negative affect as a potent precipitant of …
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Assessment of Smoking Self-Efficacy in Two Groups of South Dakota Nurses: Former Smokers and Smokers Who Have Tried to Quit
… self-efficacy among nurses who are current smokers and nurses who were smokers and successfully quit smoking. Fourteen percent of survey respondents currently smoke and93% of the current smokers reported that they had attempted to quit smoking at least once. It was also reported that 83-85% …
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Comparative Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Medications among Obese Smokers
… and b) 12 months follow up period among obese smokers. Hypothesis (Ha): Abstinence rates among obese smokers using varenicline will be higher compared to obese smokers using bupropion during a)3, b)6, and c)12 month follow-up after treatment initiation. Objective II: To compare the …
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Comparative Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Medications among Schizophrenic Smokers
… comprised of a total of 3,976 schizophrenic smokers who had used at least one type of cessation medication. Abstinence rate was about 18.02% at week 12 and 17.20% at year 1. Among those who quit at 12th week, about 75.22% of the quitting effect sustained at 1 year. We did not find any …
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Proteomic profiling of matched normal and tumour tongue biopsies from smokers and non-smokers. Oncoproteomic applications for oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma biomarker discovery
Despite considerable development in the therapeutic repertoire for managing cancer-related malignancies, head and neck cancer mortality has not significantly improved. The burden of HNSCC fluctuates across countries and has been associated with exposure to tobacco-derived carcinogens, excessive …
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Proteomic profiling of matched normal and tumour tongue biopsies from smokers and non-smokers. Oncoproteomic applications for oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma biomarker discovery
Despite considerable development in the therapeutic repertoire for managing cancer-related malignancies, head and neck cancer mortality has not significantly improved. The burden of HNSCC fluctuates across countries and has been associated with exposure to tobacco-derived carcinogens, excessive …
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Proteomic profiling of matched normal and tumour tongue biopsies from smokers and non-smokers. Oncoproteomic applications for oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma biomarker discovery
Despite considerable development in the therapeutic repertoire for managing cancer-related malignancies, head and neck cancer mortality has not significantly improved. The burden of HNSCC fluctuates across countries and has been associated with exposure to tobacco-derived carcinogens, excessive …
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Does Transdermal Nicotine-Induced Withdrawal Suppression Depend on Smokers' Gender?
… a pharmacotherapy used commonly to help tobacco smokers quit smoking. All forms of NRT are demonstrably efficacious for this indication, and several forms, including transdermal nicotine (TN) are available over-the-counter in the United States. NRT is less efficacious in women than in men, …
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Increasing Cessation Motivation and Treatment Engagement among Smokers in Pain
<p>Tobacco smokers are at increased risk for the development and progression of chronic pain, and smokers with co-occurring pain tend to report greater difficulty and less confidence in quitting. Smokers in pain face unique cessation challenges and may benefit from tailored interventions that …
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Smokers' Responses to Fearful and Disgust-Eliciting Anti-Smoking Media
… ads as less emotionally impactful than did low smokers. Contrary to the hypotheses, there were no differences between the conditions on measures of ad recall, engagement (i.e., thought about or discussed), readiness to quit, or quitting behavior at follow-up. Possible explanations for these …
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Evidence for enhanced oxidative stress in smokers with severe asthma
… collected from cohorts of adult severe asthma smokers/ex-smokers (SAs/ex) and severe asthmatic non-smokers (SAn). Oxidative stress in SAs/ex vs SAn patients was investigated by analysing urinary 8-iso-PGF2a and the mRNA expression of the main pro-oxidant (NOX2; NOSs) and anti-oxidant (SODs; …
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Monoamine Oxidase and Sensory Gating: Psychophysiological Vulnerabilities among Teenage Smokers
… causes of death in the world. About 80% of smokers start smoking before the age of 18. In the Appalachian area and the South in the United States, smoking percentages among adults and adolescents are higher than in other regions. Female smoking shows a variety of different trends from male …
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Examination of potential elicitors of operant and respondent behaviors in smokers
… in carbon monoxide (CO) were observed only when smokers viewed smoking related stimuli. However, it is possible that these patterns were influenced by CO monitor sensitivity to differing exhalation durations in which exhalation duration may have been under stimulus control of the smoking stimuli. …
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