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The genetic correlation between cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking among Chinese adult male twins: an ordinal bivariate genetic analysis.
Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies - 1 Aug 2012
Zhang Ting, Gao Wenjing, Cao Weihua, Zhan Siyan, Lv Jun, Pang Zengchang, Wang Shaojie, Chen Rongfu, Hu Yonghua, Li Liming
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BACKGROUND: Though multiple policies have been implemented, the cigarette control in China is still facing a great challenge. At the same time, alcohol drinking has increasingly become a public health problem. Considering cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking often co-occur, a few studies tested the covariance of these phenotypes. However, the genetic and environmental correlation between them among Chinese...
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