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Obtaining DNA from a geographically dispersed cohort of current and former smokers: use of mail-based mouthwash collection and monetary incentives.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco - 1 Jun 2004
Bauer Joseph E, Rezaishiraz Hamed, Head Karen, Cowell John, Bepler Gerold, Aiken Miriam, Cummings K Michael, Hyland Andrew
Abstract excerpt
The feasibility of collecting DNA through the mail from a cohort of current and former smokers was assessed. Also examined was whether monetary incentives would increase response rates. A random sample of 300 subjects, stratified by 20 U.S. communities, was selected to participate. The sampling frame included the 6,726 people who were in both the Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT) between...
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