The relationship between polymorphisms of interleukin-4 gene and silicosis

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 678-682

  Fang, Guo Feng ^a   Fan, Xue Yun ^a   Shen, Fu Hai ^a  

^a HEBEI UNITED UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Interleukin 4; Polymorphism; Silicosis; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

GOLD; IL4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN 4;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SILICOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GOLD; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SILICOSIS;

EID: 84857573116     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3967/0895-3988.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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