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DNA methylation anaylsis of placenta samples exposed to variable levels of arsenic during pregnancy

ABSTRACT: Genome-wide profiling of placental DNA methylation in relation to arsenic exposure. The Illumina 450k methylation array was used to profile 343 samples for which 3 different measurements of arsenic exposure were available during gestation. These samples have been collected from the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study (NHBCS).

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE71678 | GEO | 2016/07/01

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA291784

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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