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Efficacy of genotype notification to Japanese smokers on smoking cessation--an intervention study at workplace.
Cancer epidemiology - 1 Feb 2010
Hishida Asahi, Terazawa Tetsuro, Mamiya Toshiko, Ito Hidemi, Matsuo Keitaro, Tajima Kazuo, Hamajima Nobuyuki
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: It is well-known that smoking causes many diseases including cancers. Informing smokers of their genotypes associated with the vulnerability to the harms of smoking may be effective measures for smoking cessation. The present study examined the effects of genotype notification of an oncogene (L-myc) genotype to smokers on their behavior to quit smoking. METHODS: Subjects were 562 employees of a bank...
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