The relationship of glutathione-S-transferases copy number variation and indoor air pollution to symptoms and markers of respiratory disease

Clinical Respiratory Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 175-185

  Hersoug, Lars Georg ^a   Brasch Andersen, Charlotte ^b   Husemoen, Lise Lotte Nystrup ^a   Sigsgaard, Torben ^c   Linneberg, Allan ^a  

^a Research Centre for Prevention and Health   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asthma; Candles; Environmental tobacco smoke; Glutathione S transferases; Particulate matter; Respiratory symptoms; Woodstove

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE T1; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC VARIATION; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862624878     PISSN: 17526981     EISSN: 1752699X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-699X.2011.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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