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Respiratory traits and coal workers' pneumoconiosis: Mendelian randomisation and association analysis.
Occupational and environmental medicine - 1 Feb 2021
Wang Ting, Sun Wenqing, Wu Hongyan, Cheng Yuxin, Li Yan, Meng Fanqing, Ni Chunhui
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OBJECTIVES: Susceptibility loci of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were also significantly associated with the predisposition of coal worker's pneumoconiosis (CWP) in recent studies. However, only a few genes and loci were targeted in previous studies. METHODS: To systematically evaluate the genetic associations between CWP and other respiratory traits, we reviewed the...
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