Article
Genome-wide association study of smoking behaviours among Bangladeshi adults.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 May 2014
Argos Maria, Tong Lin, Pierce Brandon L, Rakibuz-Zaman Muhammad, Ahmed Alauddin, Islam Tariqul, Rahman Mahfuzar, Paul-Brutus Rachelle, Rahaman Ronald, Roy Shantanu, Jasmine Farzana, Kibriya Muhammad G, Ahsan Habibul
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The high prevalence of tobacco use in some developing nations, including Bangladesh, poses several public health challenges for these populations. Smoking behaviour is determined by genetic and environmental factors; however, the genetic determinants of smoking behaviour have not been previously examined in a Bangladeshi or South Asian population. We performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of...
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