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Do Grandmaternal Smoking Patterns Influence the Etiology of Childhood Asthma?

BACKGROUND: Animal data suggest that tobacco smoke exposure of a mother when she is in utero influences DNA methylation patterns in her offspring and that there is an effect on the respiratory system, particularly airway responsiveness. The only study, to our knowledge, in humans suggests that there...

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Autores principales: Miller, Laura L., Henderson, John, Northstone, Kate, Pembrey, Marcus, Golding, Jean
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American College of Chest Physicians 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4042509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24158349
http://dx.doi.org/10.1378/chest.13-1371