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Evidence for gene-environment interactions in a linkage study of asthma and smoking exposure.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Apr 2003
Colilla Susan, Nicolae Dan, Pluzhnikov Anna, Blumenthal Malcolm N, Beaty Terri H, Bleecker Eugene R, Lange Ethan M, Rich Stephen S, Meyers Deborah A, Ober Carole, Cox Nancy J
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BACKGROUND: Asthma, a common and chronic disease of the airways, has a multifactorial cause involving both genetic and environmental factors. As a result, mapping genes that influence asthma susceptibility has been challenging. OBJECTIVE: This study tests the hypothesis that inclusion of exposure...
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