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Why do young women smoke? IV. Role of genetic variation in the dopamine transporter and lifetime traumatic experience.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 5 Jun 2007
Segman Ronnen H, Kanyas Kyra, Karni Osnat, Lerer Elad, Goltser-Dubner Tanya, Pavlov Vera, Lerer Bernard
Abstract excerpt
Cigarette smoking is a complex behavior to which environmental, psychological, and genetic factors contribute. Applying a multifactorial model, we examined the role of genetic variation in the dopamine transporter (DAT1) in smoking initiation (SI) and nicotine dependence. The participants were female college students who had never smoked (n = 148) or had smoked daily for at least a year (n = 242). All...
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