Epigenetic markers of exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Mexican brickmakers: A pilot study

Chemosphere

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 475-480

  Alegría Torres, Jorge Alejandro ^a   Barretta, Francesco ^b,c   Batres Esquivel, Lilia E ^a   Carrizales Yáñez, Leticia ^a   Pérez Maldonado, Iván N ^a   Baccarelli, Andrea ^d   Bertazzi, Pier Alberto ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brickmakers; DNA methylation; Epigenetic markers; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; AROMATIZATION; BRICKMAKING; DNA; GENES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHYLATION; MINERAL OILS;

BRICKMAKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETIC MARKERS; METHYLATION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GAMMA INTERFERON; GENOMIC DNA; INTERLEUKIN 12; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PROTEIN P53; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BIOMARKER; BLOOD; GENOMICS; HEALTH RISK; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAH; PUBLIC HEALTH; PYRENE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SAMPLING; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; MEXICO; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT STUDY; PROMOTER REGION; PYROSEQUENCING; QUESTIONNAIRE; URINE LEVEL;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SAN LUIS POTOSI;

EID: 84875050895     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.11.077     Document Type: Article

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