Cigarette smoking behaviors and the importance of ethnicity and genetic ancestry

Abstract Cigarette smoking contributes to numerous diseases and is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. Smoking behaviors vary widely across race/ethnicity, but it is not clear why. Here, we examine the contribution of genetic ancestry to variation in two smoking-related traits i...

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Main Authors: Hélène Choquet, Jie Yin, Eric Jorgenson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Translational Psychiatry
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-021-01244-7