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Physical activity and DNA methylation in peripheral blood: results from the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study

Eline H van Roekel, Pierre-Antoine Dugue, Dallas R English, JiHoon E Joo, Ee Ming Wong, Enes Makalic, Melissa C Southey, Graham G Giles, Roger L Milne, Brigid M Lynch

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & HEALTH | HUMAN KINETICS PUBL INC | Published : 2018

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Funding Acknowledgements

details: This work was supported by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (grant 1088405). MCCS cohort recruitment was funded by VicHealth and Cancer Council Victoria. The MCCS was further supported by Australian NHMRC grants 209057 and 396414 and by infrastructure provided by Cancer Council Victoria. Cases were ascertained through the Victorian Cancer Registry (VCR) and the Australian Cancer Database (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare). The nested case-controlmethylation studies were supported by the NHMRC grants 1011618, 1026892, 1027505, 1050198, 1043616 and 1074383. MCS is an NHMRC Senior Research Fellow (1061177). EHvR was supported by an Endeavour Research Fellowship from the Department of Education and Training of the Australian Government (6059-2017).

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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Science & Technology