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Methods for detecting interactions between genetic polymorphisms and prenatal environment exposure with a mother-child design.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Feb 2010
Wang Shuang, Zheng Tian, Chanock Stephen, Jedrychowski Wieslaw, Perera Frederica P
Abstract excerpt
Prenatal exposures such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and early postnatal environmental exposures are of particular concern because of the heightened susceptibility of the fetus and infant to diverse environmental pollutants. Marked inter-individual variation in response to the same level of exposure was observed in both mothers and their newborns, indicating that susceptibility might be due to genetic...
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