Epidemiological and genetic risk factors associated with asthma among children in the south Durban region, KwaZulu-Natal.
Several genes are associated with an increased susceptibility to respiratory diseases, including asthma, which may be exacerbated by ambient air pollution. These genes include the Gluthathione-S-Transferase family (GSTM1 and GST1l) and the NAD(P)H quinone oxidoreductase (NQO1). This, the first genet...
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10413/2218 |