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Effects of dietary habits and CYP1A1 polymorphisms on blood dioxin concentrations in Japanese men.
Chemosphere - 1 Jul 2003
Tsuchiya Yasuo, Nakai Satoshi, Nakamura Kazutoshi, Hayashi Kunihiko, Nakanishi Junko, Yamamoto Masaharu
Abstract excerpt
The major source of dioxin impurities in Japan in the past was agrochemical formulations; more recently, it has been exhaust from waste incinerators. To examine the environmental and genetic factors that influence blood dioxin concentration, we investigated the relationship among dioxin concentrations, dietary habits and cytochorome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1) polymorphisms (MspI type and Ile-Val type) in Japanese...
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