Polymorphisms associated with the risk of lung cancer in a healthy Mexican Mestizo population: application of the additive model for cancer

Polymorphisms associated with the risk of lung cancer in a healthy Mexican Mestizo population: application of the additive model for cancer

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality in Mexico and worldwide. In the past decade, there has been an increase in the number of lung cancer cases in young people, which suggests an important role for genetic background in the etiology of this disease. In this study, we genetically char...

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Main Authors: Rebeca Pérez-Morales, Ignacio Méndez-Ramírez, Clementina Castro-Hernández, Ollin C. Martínez-Ramírez, María Eugenia Gonsebatt, Julieta Rubio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2011-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Subjects:
additive model
genetic polymorphism
lung cancer
Mexicans
molecular epidemiology
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572011000400003

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