Residential exposure to radon and DNA methylation across the lifecourse: an exploratory study in the ALSPAC birth cohort [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approved]

Background: Radon (and its decay products) is a known human carcinogen and the leading cause of lung cancer in never-smokers and the second in ever-smokers. The carcinogenic mechanism from radiation is a combination of genetic and epigenetic processes, but compared to the genetic mechanisms, epigene...

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Main Authors: Frank de Vocht, Matthew Suderman, Alberto Ruano-Ravina, Richard Thomas, Richard Wakeford, Caroline Relton, Kate Tilling, Andy Boyd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wellcome 2019-01-01
Series:Wellcome Open Research
Online Access:https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/4-3/v1