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Editorial

Epigenomic biomonitors: global DNA Hypomethylation as A Biodosimeter of Life-Long Environmental Exposures

Rafael Guerrero-Prestona The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Cancer Research, Cancer Research Building II, 1550 Orleans St, Baltimore, MD, USA.Correspondence[email protected]
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Julie Herbstmanb Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USAView further author information
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Lynn R Goldmanc George Washington University, School of Public Health, Washington, DC, USAView further author information
Pages 1-5 | Published online: 17 Feb 2011

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