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Nicotine dependence phenotype and lung cancer risk.
Cancer - 1 Dec 2011
Muscat Joshua E, Ahn Kwangmi, Richie John P, Stellman Steven D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A behavioral phenotype that characterizes nicotine dependence, the time to first cigarette after waking, is hypothesized to increase the risk of lung cancer. METHODS: A case-control study of histologically confirmed lung cancer was conducted. The current analysis included 4775 lung cancer cases and 2835 controls who were regular cigarette smokers. RESULTS: Compared with subjects who smoked their first...
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