Effect of Cigarette Smoking on Trace Elements among Residents in Khartoum State, Sudan

Authors

  • Sara Khalafalla Abdalgader

  • Salman Taha Ahmed Elmukashfi

  • Abubakr Hassan Khougali

  • Rashid Eltayeb Abdalla

Keywords:

cigarette smoking, magnesium, iron, zinc, Sudanese

Abstract

Background: Hundreds of thousands around the world die from a disease caused by smoking cigarettes. A number of researches indicated that smoking has numerous immediate health effects on the respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, immune, and metabolic systems. Lung cancer, other cancer, heart disease, and stroke typically do not occur until years after Persons first cigarette. Epidemiological studies have consistently shown an association between the toxin in the cigarette and coronary heart disease (CHD). Cigarette smoking had a dangerous effect on the essential biochemical mechanisms on the human body. Objective: This research were conducted to determine the direct effects of cigarette smoking on some minerals (Mg2+, Fe2+

How to Cite

Sara Khalafalla Abdalgader, Salman Taha Ahmed Elmukashfi, Abubakr Hassan Khougali, & Rashid Eltayeb Abdalla. (2020). Effect of Cigarette Smoking on Trace Elements among Residents in Khartoum State, Sudan. Global Journal of Medical Research, 20(F4), 13–18. Retrieved from https://medicalresearchjournal.org/index.php/GJMR/article/view/2028

Effect of Cigarette Smoking on Trace Elements among Residents in Khartoum State, Sudan

Published

2020-03-15