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Genome-Wide Association Study of Heavy Smoking and Daily/Nondaily Smoking in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL).
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco - 6 Mar 2018
Saccone Nancy L, Emery Leslie S, Sofer Tamar, Gogarten Stephanie M, Becker Diane M, Bottinger Erwin P, Chen Li-Shiun, Culverhouse Robert C, Duan Weimin, Hancock Dana B, Hosgood H Dean, Johnson Eric O, Loos Ruth J F, Louie Tin, Papanicolaou George, Perreira Krista M, Rodriquez Erik J, Schurmann Claudia, Stilp Adrienne M, Szpiro Adam A, Talavera Gregory A, Taylor Kent D, Thrasher James F, Yanek Lisa R, Laurie Cathy C, Pérez-Stable Eliseo J, Bierut Laura J, Kaplan Robert C
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Introduction: Genetic variants associated with nicotine dependence have previously been identified, primarily in European-ancestry populations. No genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been reported for smoking behaviors in Hispanics/Latinos in the United States and Latin America, who are of mixed ancestry with European, African, and American Indigenous components. Methods: We examined genetic associations...
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