Long-term ambient particle exposures and blood DNA methylation age: Findings from the VA normative aging study

Environmental Epigenetics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Nwanaji Enwerem, Jamaji C ^a   Colicino, Elena ^a   Trevisi, Letizia ^a   Kloog, Itai ^b   Just, Allan C ^c   Shen, Jincheng ^a   Brennan, Kasey ^a   Dereix, Alexandra ^a   Hou, Lifang ^d   Vokonas, Pantel ^e   Schwartz, Joel ^a   Baccarelli, Andrea A ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

black carbon; DNA methylation age; Epigenetics; particulate matter 2.5

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996978752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20585888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eep/dvw006     Document Type: Article

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