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Modification by hemochromatosis gene polymorphisms of the association between traffic-related air pollution and cognition in older men: a cohort study.
Environmental health : a global access science source - 15 Feb 2013
Power Melinda C, Weisskopf Marc G, Alexeeff Stacey E, Wright Robert O, Coull Brent A, Spiro Avron, Schwartz Joel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Previous studies found effect modification of associations between traffic-related air pollution and cardiovascular outcomes by polymorphisms in the hemochromatosis gene (HFE). As traffic-related air pollution may impact cognition through effects on cardiovascular health or through mechanisms which may also influence cardiovascular outcomes, we hypothesized that HFE polymorphisms would also modify a...
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