• Ashtrays and Signage as Determinants of a Smoke-Free Legislation's Success 

      Vardavas, C. I.; Agaku, I.; Patelarou, E.; Anagnostopoulos, N.; Nakou, C.; Dramba, V.; Giourgouli, G.; Argyropoulou, P.; Antoniadis, A.; Gourgoulianis, K.; Ourda, D.; Lazuras, L.; Bertic, M.; Lionis, C.; Connolly, G.; Behrakis, P. (2013)
      Introduction:Successful smoke-free legislation is dependent on political will, enforcement and societal support. We report the success and pitfalls of a non-enforced nationwide smoke-free legislation in Greece, as well as ...
    • MacroDevelopment of an assay to assess genotoxicity by particulate matter extract 

      Priftis A., Papikinos K., Koukoulanaki M., Kerasioti E., Stagos D., Konstantinopoulos K., Spandidos D.A., Kermenidou M., Karakitsios S., Sarigiannis D., Tsatsakis A.M., Kouretas D. (2017)
      The current study describes a method for assessing the oxidative potential of common environmental stressors (ambient air particulate matter), using a plasmid relaxation assay where the extract caused single-strand breaks, ...
    • Target analysis of volatile organic compounds in exhaled breath for lung cancer discrimination from other pulmonary diseases and healthy persons 

      Koureas M., Kirgou P., Amoutzias G., Hadjichristodoulou C., Gourgoulianis K., Tsakalof A. (2020)
      The aim of the present study was to investigate the ability of breath analysis to distinguish lung cancer (LC) patients from patients with other respiratory diseases and healthy people. The population sample consisted of ...