Association of the CHRNA5-A3-B4 gene cluster with heaviness of smoking: A meta-analysis

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1167-1175

  Ware, Jennifer J ^a,b   Van den bree, Marianne B M ^a   Munafò, Marcus R ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRNA3 PROTEIN; CHRNA5 PROTEIN; CHRNB4 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING;

FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 82455172054     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntr118     Document Type: Article

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