Prenatal airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure, LINE1 methylation and child development in a Chinese cohort

Background: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are carcinogenic, neurotoxic environmental pollutants generated during incomplete combustion of fossil fuel and other organic material. PAH exposure has been associated with adverse fetal development and epigenetic alterations in cord blood. Several...

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Main Authors: Joan Lee, Vrinda Kalia, Frederica Perera, Julie Herbstman, Tingyu Li, Jisheng Nie, L.R. Qu, Jie Yu, Deliang Tang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-02-01
Series:Environment International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412016310054