Inhalable metal-rich air particles and histone H3K4 dimethylation and H3K9 Acetylation in a Cross-sectional Study of Steel Workers

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 964-969

  Cantone, Laura ^a   Nordio, Francesco ^a,b   Hou, Lifang ^c   Apostoli, Pietro ^d   Bonzini, Matteo ^e   Tarantini, Letizia ^a   Angelici, Laura ^a   Bollati, Valentina ^a   Zanobetti, Antonella ^f   Schwartz, Joel ^f   Bertazzi, Pier A ^a   Baccarelli, Andrea ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental carcinogens; Epigenetics; Histone modifications; Metals; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; HISTONE H3; IRON; LEAD; LYSINE; MANGANESE; METAL; NICKEL; ZINC;

ADULT; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EPIGENETICS; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE DIMETHYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; LEUKOCYTE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEELWORKER;

ACETYLATION; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HISTONES; HUMANS; ITALY; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; METALLURGY; METALS; METHYLATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

EID: 79960033306     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002955     Document Type: Article

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