The Nation - News from April 28, 1986
Federal health officials are investigating a possible link between cigarette smoking and chromosome damage that could lead to early detection of people likely to get lung cancer or other smoking-related diseases. Thirty cigarette smokers and 30 others who don’t smoke are enrolled in the study being conducted by the national Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. A similar study in China involving cigarette-smoking men is under way at the Shanghai First Medical College.
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