Cigarette smoking behavior in conjoined twins.
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Jarvik, ME; Gritz, ER; Rose, JE
Published in: Acta Genet Med Gemellol (Roma)
1983
A study of cigarette smoking was undertaken in a pair of craniopagus twins to determine how a transfer of products of smoking is occurring between the twins. Alternately and independently, one twin smoked a nicotine-free cigarette, then the second twin smoked a nicotine-containing cigarette. The procedure enabled the investigators to study the migration of nicotine and carbon monoxide from one twin to the other. Salivary determination provided a noninvasive method of measuring cross circulation in conjoined twins. Measurements of salivary nicotine, however, indicated that, although the nicotine levels rose following smoking, there was relatively little transfer from one twin to the other through the circulation.
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Acta Genet Med Gemellol (Roma)
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ISSN
0001-5660
Publication Date
1983
Volume
32
Issue
3-4
Start / End Page
239 / 243
Location
Italy
Related Subject Headings
- Twins, Conjoined
- Smoking
- Saliva
- Nicotine
- Humans
- Female
- Cross Circulation
- Cerebrovascular Circulation
- Adult
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Jarvik, M. E., Gritz, E. R., & Rose, J. E. (1983). Cigarette smoking behavior in conjoined twins. Acta Genet Med Gemellol (Roma), 32(3–4), 239–243. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0001566000005092
Jarvik, M. E., E. R. Gritz, and J. E. Rose. “Cigarette smoking behavior in conjoined twins.” Acta Genet Med Gemellol (Roma) 32, no. 3–4 (1983): 239–43. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0001566000005092.
Jarvik ME, Gritz ER, Rose JE. Cigarette smoking behavior in conjoined twins. Acta Genet Med Gemellol (Roma). 1983;32(3–4):239–43.
Jarvik, M. E., et al. “Cigarette smoking behavior in conjoined twins.” Acta Genet Med Gemellol (Roma), vol. 32, no. 3–4, 1983, pp. 239–43. Pubmed, doi:10.1017/s0001566000005092.
Jarvik ME, Gritz ER, Rose JE. Cigarette smoking behavior in conjoined twins. Acta Genet Med Gemellol (Roma). 1983;32(3–4):239–243.
Published In
Acta Genet Med Gemellol (Roma)
DOI
ISSN
0001-5660
Publication Date
1983
Volume
32
Issue
3-4
Start / End Page
239 / 243
Location
Italy
Related Subject Headings
- Twins, Conjoined
- Smoking
- Saliva
- Nicotine
- Humans
- Female
- Cross Circulation
- Cerebrovascular Circulation
- Adult