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Air Pollution, Genetic Factors, and the Risk of Lung Cancer: A Prospective Study in the UK Biobank.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 1 Oct 2021
Huang Yanqian, Zhu Meng, Ji Mengmeng, Fan Jingyi, Xie Junxing, Wei Xiaoxia, Jiang Xiangxiang, Xu Jing, Chen Liang, Yin Rong, Wang Yuzhuo, Dai Juncheng, Jin Guangfu, Xu Lin, Hu Zhibin, Ma Hongxia, Shen Hongbing
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Rationale: Both genetic and environmental factors contribute to lung cancer, but the degree to which air pollution modifies the impact of genetic susceptibility on lung cancer remains unknown. Objectives: To investigate whether air pollution and genetic factors jointly contribute to incident lung cancer. Methods: We analyzed data from 455,974 participants (53% women) without previous cancer at baseline in the UK...
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