Toxicology and industrial health
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Carbon monoxide (CO) intoxication can be serious and is reported to be the cause of more than half of all fatal intoxications. In this study, we aimed to identify its genotoxic effects based on sister chromatid exchange (SCE). ⋯ CO poisoning was shown to result in genotoxicity via an increase in the frequency of SCE. This study is the first to demonstrate a genotoxic effect of CO independent of other chemicals.