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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-02-01
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Series: | Environment International |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412016310054 |