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Genetic variation and urine cadmium levels: ABCC1 effects in the Strong Heart Family Study.
Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) - 1 May 2021
Grau-Perez Maria, Voruganti V Saroja, Balakrishnan Poojitha, Haack Karin, Goessler Walter, Franceschini Nora, Redón Josep, Cole Shelley A, Navas-Acien Ana, Tellez-Plaza Maria
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Genetic effects are suspected to influence cadmium internal dose. Our objective was to assess genetic determinants of urine cadmium in American Indian adults participating in the Strong Heart Family Study (SHFS). Urine cadmium levels and genotyped short tandem repeat (STR) markers were available on 1936 SHFS participants. We investigated heritability, including gene-by-sex and smoking interactions, and STR-based...
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