The role of gene–environment interactions in lung disease: the urgent need for the exposome

Craig E. Wheelock, Stephen M. Rappaport

Source: Eur Respir J, 55 (2) 1902064; 10.1183/13993003.02064-2019
Journal Issue: February
Disease area: Airway diseases

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