Polymorphisms in the glutathione S-transferase class mu and theta genes interact and increase susceptibility to lung cancer in minority populations (Texas, United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 554-559

  Kelsey, Karl T ^a   Spitz, Margaret R ^b   Zuo, Zheng Fa ^a   Wiencke, John K ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Black; Genetic susceptibility; Glutathione S transferase; GSTM1; GSTT1; Hispanic; Lung cancer; Mexican American; United States

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENICITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CANCER; MINORITY GROUP; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TEXAS;

EID: 0030855752     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018434027502     Document Type: Review

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