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Implications of gene-drug interactions in smoking cessation for improving the prevention of chronic degenerative diseases.
Mutation research - 10 Jul 2009
Quaak Marieke, van Schayck Constant P, Knaapen Ad M, van Schooten Frederik J
Abstract excerpt
Tobacco smoking continues to be the major preventable cause of premature morbidity and mortality throughout the world. Recent research strongly suggests that genetic background is associated with several aspects of smoking (e.g. initiation, maintenance, cessation, number of cigarettes smoked, indicators of nicotine dependence (ND) and nicotine withdrawal). Variations in two broad classes of genes have been shown...
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