The Long-Term Consequences of Vietnam-Era Conscription and Genotype on Smoking Behavior and Health

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 43-58

  Schmitz, Lauren ^a   Conley, Dalton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic risk scores; Gene environment interactions; Smoking behavior; Vietnam era draft lottery

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; COLLEGE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM; PHENOTYPE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SMOKING; STRESS; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION; VETERAN; VIET NAM; WAR; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 84958164670     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-015-9739-1     Document Type: Article

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