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A precision environmental health approach to prevention of human disease
Andrea Baccarelli1, Dana C Dolinoy2, Cheryl Lyn Walker3
1Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA. andrea.baccarelli@columbia.edu.
Abstract:
Human health is determined by the interaction of our environment with the genome, epigenome, and microbiome, which shape the transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomic landscape of cells and tissues. Precision environmental health is an emerging field leveraging environmental and system-level ('omic) data to understand underlying environmental causes of disease, identify biomarkers of exposure and response, and develop new prevention and intervention strategies. In this article we provide real-life illustrations of the utility of precision environmental health approaches, identify current challenges in the field, and outline new opportunities to promote health through a precision environmental health framework.
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