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The genetics of smoking in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Respiratory research - 10 Apr 2018
Obeidat Ma'en, Zhou Guohai, Li Xuan, Hansel Nadia N, Rafaels Nicholas, Mathias Rasika, Ruczinski Ingo, Beaty Terri H, Barnes Kathleen C, Paré Peter D, Sin Don D
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BACKGROUND: Smoking is the principal modifiable environmental risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) which affects 300 million people and is the 3rd leading cause of death worldwide. Most of the genetic studies of smoking have relied on self-reported smoking status which is vulnerable to reporting and recall bias. Using data from the Lung Health Study (LHS), we sought to identify genetic...
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