A panel study of occupational exposure to fine particulate matter and changes in DNA methylation over a single workday and years worked in boilermaker welders

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kile, Molly L ^a   Fang, Shona ^b   Baccarelli, Andrea A ^b   Tarantini, Letizia ^c   Cavallari, Jennifer ^d   Christiani, David C ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alu; Boilermakers; DNA methylation; iNOS; LINE 1; PM2.5; Welders

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; METAL; AIR POLLUTANT; NOS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMARKER; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DNA; HEALTH IMPACT; METAL; METHYLATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANEL DATA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WELDING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DNA METHYLATION; HUMAN; LONG INTERSPERSED REPEAT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANEL STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PYROSEQUENCING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHIFT WORKER; SHORT INTERSPERSED REPEAT; WELDING; WELDING FUME; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKING TIME; AIR POLLUTANT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DNA METHYLATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; WELDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879993613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-12-47     Document Type: Article

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