Genome-wide DNA methylation and long-term ambient air pollution exposure in Korean adults

Abstract Background Ambient air pollution is associated with numerous adverse health outcomes, but the underlying mechanisms are not well understood; epigenetic effects including altered DNA methylation could play a role. To evaluate associations of long-term air pollution exposure with DNA methylat...

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Main Authors: Mi Kyeong Lee, Cheng-Jian Xu, Megan U. Carnes, Cody E. Nichols, James M. Ward, The BIOS consortium, Sung Ok Kwon, Sun-Young Kim, Woo Jin Kim, Stephanie J. London
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:Clinical Epigenetics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13148-019-0635-z