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TNF-α and IL-1RA polymorphisms and silicosis susceptibility in Chinese workers exposed to silica particles: a case-control study.
Biomedical and environmental sciences : BES - 1 Oct 2012
Wang Yong Wei, Lan Jia Ya, Yang Lin Yue, Wang De Jun, Kuang Jie
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To assess the association of TNF-α and IL-1RA SNPs with the risk of silicosis in Chinese workers exposed to silica particles. METHODS: Case-control study design was used to enroll 68 silicotic patients induced by silica particles and 68 healthy workers matched for length of silica particle exposure as controls. Both cases and controls were from the same company in southwest China, and each of them was...
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