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Genetic susceptibility to benzene and shortened gestation: evidence of gene-environment interaction.
American journal of epidemiology - 15 Oct 2000
Wang X, Chen D, Niu T, Wang Z, Wang L, Ryan L, Smith T, Christiani D C, Zuckerman B, Xu X
Abstract excerpt
This study investigated whether the association between low level benzene exposure and shortened gestation is modified by two susceptibility genes, CYP1A1 and GSTT1. This report includes 542 (302 nonexposed, 240 benzene-exposed) nonsmoking and nondrinking mothers of singleton live births at Beijing Yanshan Petrochemical Corporation between June 1995 and June 1997. Epidemiologic and clinical data and blood samples...
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