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Molecular epidemiology of environmental carcinogenesis.
Recent results in cancer research. Fortschritte der Krebsforschung. Progres dans les recherches sur le cancer - 1 Jan 1998
Perera F P
Abstract excerpt
Environmental factors such as smoking, diet, and pollutants act in concert with individual susceptibility to cause most human cancers. This article briefly reviews molecular evidence that two types of susceptibility factors--common predisposing genetic traits and young age at exposure--convey heightened risk from certain exposures. Examples are drawn from molecular epidemiologic studies of common environmental...
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