Epigenome: Biosensor of cumulative exposure to chemical and nonchemical stressors related to environmental justice

K. Olden, Y.-S. Lin, D. Gruber and B. Sonawane

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 10, 1816-1821

Abstract: Understanding differential disease susceptibility requires new tools to quantify the cumulative effects of environmental stress. Evidence suggests that social, physical, and chemical stressors can influence disease through the accumulation of epigenetic modifications.

Keywords: article; demography; environment; genetic epigenesis; genetic procedures; genetics; genotype environment interaction; health disparity; human; methodology; non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; phenotype, Biosensing Techniques; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Environment; Epigenesis, Genetic; Gene-Environment Interaction; Health Status Disparities; Humans; Phenotype; Residence Characteristics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302130

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