The blood exposome and its role in discovering causes of disease

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 769-774

  Rappaport, Stephen M ^a   Barupal, Dinesh K ^b   Wishart, David ^c   Vineis, Paolo ^d,e   Scalbert, Augustin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Human Genetics Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AFLATOXIN B1; ATORVASTATIN; CHOLESTEROL; COTININE; FOLIC ACID; LEAD; DANGEROUS GOODS;

BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXPOSURE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; METABOLISM; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DANGEROUS GOODS; DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TOXICITY;

BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENOME, HUMAN; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS;

EID: 84905270662     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1308015     Document Type: Review

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