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Genetic susceptibility to beryllium: a case–referent study of men and women of working age with sarcoidosis or other chronic lung disease

Nicola Cherry, Jeremy Beach, Igor Burstyn, Jillian S. Parboosingh, Janine Schouchen, Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan, Jan Tamminga, Niko Yiannakoulias

Occupational and Environmental Medicine · 2014 · 14 citations · 18 references

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Abstract

The gene-environment interaction supports the hypothesis that some cases diagnosed as sarcoidosis result from occupational beryllium exposure.

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‘Mendelian randomization’: can genetic epidemiology contribute to understanding environmental determinants of disease?*

George Davey Smith, Shah Ebrahim · International Journal of Epidemiology · 2003 · 6.2K citations

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A Case Control Etiologic Study of Sarcoidosis

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Oil sands development contributes elements toxic at low concentrations to the Athabasca River and its tributaries

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HLA-DRB1*1101: A Significant Risk Factor for Sarcoidosis in Blacks and Whites

Milton D. Rossman, Bruce Thompson, Margaret Frederick et al. · The American Journal of Human Genetics · 2003 · 384 citations · Full text

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Collection of genomic DNA from adults in epidemiological studies by buccal cytobrush and mouthwash.

Montserrat García‐Closas, Kathleen M. Egan, J Abruzzo et al. · PubMed · 2001 · 289 citations

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