Genome-wide meta-analyses identify multiple loci associated with smoking behavior

Helena Furberg; Yunjung Kim; Jennifer Dackor; Eric Boerwinkle; Nora Franceschini; Diego Ardissino; Luisa Bernardinelli; Pier Mannuccio Mannucci; Francesco Mauri; Piera Angelica Merlini; Devin Absher; Themistocles L. Assimes; Stephen P. Fortmann; Carlos Iribarren; Joshua W. Knowles; Thomas Quertermous; Luigi Ferrucci; Toshiko Tanaka; Joshua C. Bis; Curt D. Furberg; Talin Haritunians; Barbara McKnight; Bruce M. Psaty; Kent D. Taylor; Evan L. Thacker; Peter Almgren; L. Groop; Claes Ladenvall; Michael Boehnke; Anne Jackson; Karen L. Mohlke; Heather M. Stringham; Jaakko Tuomilehto; Emelia J. Benjamin; Shih Jen Hwang; Daniel Levy; Sarah R. Preis; Ramachandran S. Vasan; Jubao Duan; Pablo V. Gejman; Douglas F. Levinson; Alan R. Sanders; Jianxin Shi; Esther H. Lips; James McKay; Antonio Agudo; Luigi Barzan; Vladimír Bencko; Simone Benhamou; Xavier Castellsagué; Cristina Canova; David I. Conway; Eleonóra Fabiánová; Lenka Foretová; V. Janout; Claire M. Healy; Ivana Holcátová; Kristina Kjærheim; Pagona Lagiou; Jolanta Lissowska; Ray Lowry; Tatiana V. Macfarlane; Dana Mateș; Lorenzo Richiardi; P. Rudnai; Neonilia Szeszenia-Dabrowska; David Zaridze; Ariana Znaor; Mark Lathrop; Paul Brennan; Stefania Bandinelli; Timothy M. Frayling; Jack M. Guralnik; Yuri Milaneschi; John R. B. Perry; David Altshuler; Roberto Elosúa; Sek Kathiresan; Gavin Lucas; Olle Melander; Christopher J. O’Donnell; Veikko Salomaa; Stephen M. Schwartz; Benjamin F. Voight; Brenda W.J.H. Penninx; Johannes H. Smit; Nicole Vogelzangs; Dorret I. Boomsma; Eco J. C. de Geus; Jacqueline M. Vink; Gonneke Willemsen; Stephen J. Chanock; Fangyi Gu; Susan E. Hankinson; David J. Hunter; Albert Hofman; Henning Tiemeier; André G. Uitterlinden; Cornelia M. van Duijn; Stefan Walter

doi:10.1038/ng.571

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Genome-wide association studyBiologyGeneticsSingle-nucleotide polymorphismSNPOdds ratioGenetic associationGenotypeGeneInternal medicineMedicine

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Year: 2010
Type: review
Volume: 42
Issue: 5
Pages: 441-447
Citations: 1149
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                                    Helena Furberg, 
                                
                                    Yunjung Kim, 
                                
                                    Jennifer Dackor
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2010). 
                            Genome-wide meta-analyses identify multiple loci associated with smoking behavior. 
                            Nature Genetics
                            , 42
                            (5)
                            , 441-447.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.571
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/ng.571