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Policy implications of genetic information on regulation under the Clean Air Act: the case of particulate matter and asthmatics.
Environmental health perspectives - 1 Mar 2006
Kramer C Bradley, Cullen Alison C, Faustman Elaine M
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The U.S. Clean Air Act (CAA) explicitly guarantees the protection of sensitive human subpopulations from adverse health effects associated with air pollution exposure. Identified subpopulations, such as asthmatics, may carry multiple genetic susceptibilities to disease onset and progression and thus qualify for special protection under the CAA. Scientific advances accelerated as a result of the groundbreaking...
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