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Gene-environment interaction between angiotensinogen and chronic exposure to occupational noise contribute to hypertension.
Occupational and environmental medicine - 1 Apr 2012
Hwang Bing-Fang, Chang Ta-Yuan, Cheng Kang-Yin, Liu Chiu-Shong
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OBJECTIVES: Previous studies on the effects of angiotensinogen (AGT) gene polymorphisms and chronic exposure to occupational noise on the risk of hypertension have mainly been cross-sectional or prevalent case-control studies, where temporality constitutes problems. The present study was to assess longitudinally both independent and joint effects of AGT gene polymorphisms and chronic exposure to occupational...
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