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Association of the calcyon neuron-specific vesicular protein gene (CALY) with adolescent smoking initiation in China and California.
American journal of epidemiology - 1 May 2011
Li Dalin, London Stephanie J, Liu Jinghua, Lee Wonho, Jiang Xuejuan, Van Den Berg David, Bergen Andrew W, Nishita Denise, Waleh Nahid, Swan Gary E, Gallaher Peggy, Chou Chih-Ping, Shih Jean C, Unger Jennifer B, Gauderman W James, Gilliland Frank, Johnson C Anderson, Conti David V
Abstract excerpt
Although previous investigations have indicated a role for genetic factors in smoking initiation, the underlying genetic mechanisms are still unknown. In 2,339 adolescents from a Chinese Han population in the Wuhan Smoking Prevention Trial (Wuhan, China, 1998-1999), the authors explored the association of 57 genes in the dopamine pathway with smoking initiation. Using a conservative approach for declaring...
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