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CHRNA5-A3-B4 genetic variants alter nicotine intake and interact with tobacco use to influence body weight in Alaska Native tobacco users.
Addiction (Abingdon, England) - 1 Oct 2013
Zhu Andy Z X, Renner Caroline C, Hatsukami Dorothy K, Benowitz Neal L, Tyndale Rachel F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Gene variants in CHRNA5-A3-B4, which encode for the α5, α3 and β4 nicotinic receptor subunits, are associated with altered smoking behaviors in European Americans. Little is known about CHRNA5-A3-B4 and its association with smoking behaviors and weight in Alaska Native people, which is a population with high prevalence but low levels of tobacco consumption, extensive smokeless tobacco use and...
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