Article
The role of gene-environment interplay in occupational and environmental diseases: current concepts and knowledge gaps.
Current opinion in pulmonary medicine - 1 Mar 2017
Kwo Elizabeth, Christiani David
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The interplay between genetic susceptibilities and environmental exposures in the pathogenesis of a variety of diseases is an area of increased scientific, epidemiologic, and social interest. Given the variation in methodologies used in the field, this review aims to create a framework to help understand occupational exposures as they currently exist and provide a foundation for future...
Topics
- Endotoxins
- Environmental Exposure
- Gene-Environment Interaction
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Humans
- Occupational Diseases
- Occupational Exposure
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
