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DNA repair genotype interacts with arsenic exposure to increase bladder cancer risk.
Toxicology letters - 22 May 2009
Andrew Angeline S, Mason Rebecca A, Kelsey Karl T, Schned Alan R, Marsit Carmen J, Nelson Heather H, Karagas Margaret R
Abstract excerpt
Drinking water arsenic exposure has been associated with increased bladder cancer susceptibility. Epidemiologic and experimental data suggest a co-carcinogenic effect of arsenic with exposure to DNA damaging agents, such as cigarette smoke. Recent evidence further supports the hypothesis that gen...
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