Association of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-4 polymorphisms with smoking behaviors in Chinese male smokers

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1634-1638

  Chu, Cheng Jing ^a,b   Yang, Yan Chun ^a   Wei, Jin Xue ^a   Zhang, Lan ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Association study; Nicotine dependence; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit a4 gene; Smoking initiation

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA4; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; THYMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOBACCO; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SMOKING;

EID: 79957889539     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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