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GST genotypes and lung cancer susceptibility in Asian populations with indoor air pollution exposures: a meta-analysis.
Mutation research - 1 Jan 2000
Hosgood H Dean, Berndt Sonja I, Lan Qing
Abstract excerpt
About half of the world's population is exposed to smoke from heating or cooking with coal, wood, or biomass. These exposures, and fumes from cooking oil use, have been associated with increased lung cancer risk. Glutathione S-transferases play an important role in the detoxification of a wide range of human carcinogens in these exposures. Functional polymorphisms have been identified in the GSTM1, GSTT1, and...
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