COPD and lung cancer linked at a molecular genetic level

Chest

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 266-267

  Young, Robert P ^a   Hopkins, Raewyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 79960428354     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-0220     Document Type: Letter

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