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Modern methods for analysis of changes to epigenetic landscape caused by exposure to environmental pollutants

Zanyatkin IA, Titova AG, Bayov AV
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Centre for Strategic Planning and Management of Biomedical Health Risks of the Federal Medical Biological Agency, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Ivan A. Zanyatkin
Shchukinskaya, 5, str. 6, k. 323, Moscow, 123182; ur.zmpsc@niktaynaZI

About paper

Author contribution: Zanyatkin IA systematized literature data and wrote the manuscript; Titova AG provided additional literature for the review and edited the manuscript; Bayov AV edited the manuscript.

Received: 2020-12-23 Accepted: 2021-01-26 Published online: 2021-02-10
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