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Effect of team sport participation on genetic predisposition to adolescent smoking progression.
Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Apr 2006
Audrain-McGovern Janet, Rodriguez Daniel, Wileyto E Paul, Schmitz Kathryn H, Shields Peter G
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CONTEXT: There is much to be learned about why some adolescents progress to a regular smoking habit and others do not. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether (1) team sport participation buffers the effect of having 2 smoking risk genotypes (the dopamine reuptake transporter [SLC6A3] and the dopamine D(2) receptor [DRD2]) or 1 of these risk genotypes vs having none on adolescent smoking progression and (2) the buffering...
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