Article
Evidence suggesting the role of specific genetic factors in cigarette smoking.
Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association - 1 Jan 1999
Lerman C, Caporaso N E, Audrain J, Main D, Bowman E D, Lockshin B, Boyd N R, Shields P G
Abstract excerpt
Twin studies suggest that propensity to smoke and ability to quit smoking are influenced by genetic factors. As a means of investigating the risk of smoking associated with genetic polymorphisms in the dopamine transporter (SLC6A3) and the D2 dopamine receptor (DRD2) genes, a case-control study o...
Topics
- Adult
- Age of Onset
- Aged
- Alleles
- Black People
- Carrier Proteins
- Case-Control Studies
- Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Membrane Glycoproteins
- Membrane Transport Proteins