Article
A genetic association for cigarette smoking behavior.
Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association - 1 Jan 1999
Sabol S Z, Nelson M L, Fisher C, Gunzerath L, Brody C L, Hu S, Sirota L A, Marcus S E, Greenberg B D, Lucas F R, Benjamin J, Murphy D L, Hamer D H
Abstract excerpt
Dopaminergic genes are likely candidates for heritable influences on cigarette smoking. In an accompanying article, Lerman et al. (1999) report associations between allele 9 of a dopamine transporter gene polymorphism (SLC6A3-9) and lack of smoking, late initiation of smoking, and length of quitt...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Behavior, Addictive
- Carrier Proteins
- Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
- Exploratory Behavior
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Membrane Glycoproteins