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Background and purposeSmoking is a major risk factor for cognitive decline and dementia. However, the exact pathobiology of smoking remains unknown. The effects of smoking on cortical thickness as a biomarker of neurodegeneration or white matter hyperintensities and lacunes as biomarkers of cerebrovascular burden were concurrently evaluated.
MethodsOur study included 977 cognitively normal men who...
Oral Diseases (2010) 16, 823–830
Objectives: To compare the salivary levels of trace metals between non‐smokers and smokers using inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP‐MS). The effect of pretreatment methods on the accuracy of ICP‐MS analysis and daily variations in trace metal levels in saliva were also investigated.
Subjects and methods: The participants were 10 male non‐smokers (mean...
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