Polymorphisms in the promoter of the tumor necrosis factor-α gene in coal miners

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 318-324

  Zhai, Rihong ^a   Jetten, Manon ^a   Schins, Roel P F ^a   Franssen, Henk ^b   Borm, Paul J A ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coal workers' pneumoconiosis; Genotype; Phenotype; TNF promoter

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COAL MINING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PROMOTER REGION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COAL MINING; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0031714993     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199810)34:4<318::AID-AJIM4>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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