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Association of air pollutants and osteoporosis risk: The modifying effect of genetic predisposition.
Environment international - 1 Dec 2022
Xu Cheng, Weng Zhenkun, Liu Qian, Xu Jin, Liang Jingjia, Li Wenxiang, Hu Jia, Huang Tao, Zhou Yong, Gu Aihua
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BACKGROUND: Limited studies have examined the association between air pollutants and osteoporosis incidence; however, the results are conflicting. We aimed to quantify the effects of selected air pollutants on osteoporosis risk and explore the modifying effect of genetic predisposition. METHODS: A total of 422,955 subjects who did not have osteoporosis at baseline in the UK Biobank were included from 2006 to...
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