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Silicosis and its progress influenced by genetic variation on TNF-alpha locus- 308, TNF-alpha and IL-10 cytokine on cement factory workers in Indonesia.
Pakistan journal of biological sciences : PJBS - 1 Feb 2014
Kurniawidjaja L Meily
Abstract excerpt
This study aimed to assess the association of Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF-alpha) Locus-308 variant, TNF-alpha and Interleukin (IL-10) Cytokine with the risk of silicosis and its progress in Indonesian cement factory workers, There is an urgent need to explore the determining factors other than exposure since silicosis is chronic progressive and life threatening but remains found, though much industrial hygiene...
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