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Associations between Variation in CHRNA5-CHRNA3-CHRNB4, Body Mass Index and Blood Pressure in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966

BACKGROUND: The CHRNA5-CHRNA3-CHRNB4 gene cluster on 15q25 has consistently been associated with smoking quantity, nicotine dependence and lung cancer. Recent research also points towards its involvement in cardiovascular homeostasis, but studies in large human samples are lacking, especially on the...

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Autores principales: Kaakinen, Marika, Ducci, Francesca, Sillanpää, Mikko J., Läärä, Esa, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3459914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23029550
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0046557