Decreased Mitochondrial DNA Content in Association with Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in House Dust during Wintertime: From a Population Enquiry to Cell Culture

• Nicky Pieters,

  Affiliation Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium

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• Gudrun Koppen,

  Affiliation Environmental Risk & Health Unit, VITO (Flemish Institute of Technological Research), Mol, Belgium

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• Karen Smeets,

  Affiliation Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium

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• Dorota Napierska,

  Affiliation Department of Public Health & Primary Care, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Leuven University (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium

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• Michelle Plusquin,

  Affiliation Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium

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• Sofie De Prins,

  Affiliations Environmental Risk & Health Unit, VITO (Flemish Institute of Technological Research), Mol, Belgium, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Hendrik Van De Weghe,

  Affiliation Environmental Risk & Health Unit, VITO (Flemish Institute of Technological Research), Mol, Belgium

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• Vera Nelen,

  Affiliation Environment and Health Unit, Provincial Institute of Hygiene, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Bianca Cox,

  Affiliation Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium

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• Ann Cuypers,

  Affiliation Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium

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• Peter Hoet,

  Affiliation Department of Public Health & Primary Care, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Leuven University (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium

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• Greet Schoeters,

  Affiliations Environmental Risk & Health Unit, VITO (Flemish Institute of Technological Research), Mol, Belgium, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Tim S. Nawrot

  * E-mail: tim.nawrot@uhasselt.be

  Affiliations Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium, Department of Public Health & Primary Care, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Leuven University (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium

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