Commentary: Gene-environment interactions and smoking-related cancers

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 577-579

  Thorgeirsson, Thorgeir E ^a   Stefansson, Kari ^b  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^b DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ARTERY DISEASE; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MISSENSE MUTATION; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 77951765427     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp385     Document Type: Note

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