Trends in the Genetic Influences on Smoking
Trends in the Genetic Influences on Smoking
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Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications
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English
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Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications
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Using twin pairs from the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States, we estimate that 35 percent of the variance in regular smoking is due to additive genetic influences. When we disaggregate the sample by birth cohort we witness strong genetic influences on smoking for those born in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1950s, but negligible inf...
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Trends in the Genetic Influences on Smoking
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3158572
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3158572
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0022-1465
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2150-6000
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10.1177/0022146509361195
