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Polymorphisms in folate metabolic genes and lung cancer risk in Xuan Wei, China.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Sept 2005
Shen Min, Rothman Nathaniel, Berndt Sonja I, He Xingzhou, Yeager Meredith, Welch Robert, Chanock Stephen, Caporaso Neil, Lan Qing
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study is to investigate the role of genetic polymorphisms in twelve folate metabolism genes on the risk of lung cancer in Xuan Wei, China, where the lung cancer mortality rate is among the highest and is mainly caused by indoor smoky coal emissions. A total of 122 incident primary lung cancer cases and 122 matched controls were enrolled. Three single nucleotide polymorphisms were associated with...
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