Oxidative stress and repetitive element methylation changes in artisanal gold miners occupationally exposed to mercury.

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Published in Heliyon on September 12, 2017

Authors

Diana M Narváez1,2,3, Helena Groot1, Sonia M Diaz2, Ruth Marien Palma2, Nathalia Muñoz2, Marie-Pierre Cros3, Hector Hernández-Vargas3

Author Affiliations

1: Human Genetics Laboratory. Universidad de los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia.
2: Instituto Nacional de Salud (INS). Bogotá, Colombia.
3: Epigenetics Group. International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Lyon, France.

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