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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wellcome
2019-01-01
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| Series: | Wellcome Open Research |
| Online Access: | https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/4-3/v1 |