Association between leukocyte telomere shortening and exposure to traffic pollution: a cross-sectional study on traffic officers and indoor office workers.

Environ Health · 2009 · PMC2761867 · PMID 19772576

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The relationship between smoking habits (ever/never) and telomere length was borderline significant after adjusting by age (p = 0.06), while the effect of pack-years was not statistically significant (p = 0.16) [Table 3 ].

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