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Epigenome: biosensor of cumulative exposure to chemical and nonchemical stressors related to environmental justice.
American journal of public health - 1 Oct 2014
Olden Kenneth, Lin Yu-Sheng, Gruber David, Sonawane Babasaheb
Abstract excerpt
Understanding differential disease susceptibility requires new tools to quantify the cumulative effects of environmental stress. Evidence suggests that social, physical, and chemical stressors can influence disease through the accumulation of epigenetic modifications. Geographically stable epigenetic alterations could identify plausible mechanisms for health disparities among the disadvantaged and poor. Relations...
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