Urine mercury levels correlate with DNA methylation of imprinting gene H19 in the sperm of reproductive-aged men

• Zhaoxu Lu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Child and Adolescence Health, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, Taiyuan, China

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• Yufeng Ma,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Child and Adolescence Health, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, Taiyuan, China

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• Linying Gao,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Sanitary Inspection, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, Taiyuan, China

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• Yingjun Li,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Child and Adolescence Health, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, Taiyuan, China

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• Qiang Li,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Andrology, Children’s Hospital and Women Health Center of Shanxi, Shanxi, Taiyuan, China

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• Mei Qiang

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: qiang5858@sxmu.edu.cn

  Affiliation Department of Child and Adolescence Health, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, Taiyuan, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6517-3311

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