Association of the serotonin transporter gene, neuroticism and smoking behaviours

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 239-246

  O'Gara, Colin ^a,c   Knight, Jo ^a   Stapleton, John ^a   Luty, Jason ^b   Neale, Ben ^a   Nash, Matt ^a   Heuzo Diaz, Patricia ^a   Hoda, Farzana ^a   Cohen, Sarah ^a   Sutherland, Gay ^a   Collier, David ^a   Sham, Pak ^a   Ball, David ^a   McGuffin, Peter ^a   Craig, Ian ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Queensway House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c St John of God Hospitaller Services Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cigarette consumption; Neuroticism; Serotonin transporter gene; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 40049106181     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-007-0243-1     Document Type: Article

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