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Genetic variability of smoking persistence in African Americans.
Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1 May 2011
Hamidovic Ajna, Kasberger John L, Young Taylor R, Goodloe Robert J, Redline Susan, Buxbaum Sarah G, Benowitz Neal L, Bergen Andrew W, Butler Kenneth R, Franceschini Nora, Gharib Sina A, Hitsman Brian, Levy Daniel, Meng Yan, Papanicolaou George J, Preis Sarah R, Spring Bonnie, Styn Mindi A, Tong Elisa K, White Wendy B, Wiggins Kerri L, Jorgenson Eric
Abstract excerpt
To date, most genetic association analyses of smoking behaviors have been conducted in populations of European ancestry and many of these studies focused on the phenotype that measures smoking quantity, that is, cigarettes per day. Additional association studies in diverse populations with different linkage disequilibrium patterns and an alternate phenotype, such as total tobacco exposure which accounts for...
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