Association of low-dose exposure to persistent organic pollutants with global DNA hypomethylation in healthy Koreans

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 370-374

  Kim, Keon Yeop ^a   Kim, Dong Sun ^a   Lee, Sung Kook ^a   Lee, In Kyu ^a   Kang, Jung Ho ^b   Chang, Yoon Seok ^b   Jacobs Jr , David R ^c,d   Steffes, Michael ^e   Lee, Duk Hee ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Hypomethylation; Organochlorine pesticides; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 5 METHYLCYTOSINE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE; PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KOREA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HEALTH; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77649225956     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901131     Document Type: Article

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