Genetic variants in nicotine addiction and alcohol metabolism genes, oral cancer risk and the propensity to smoke and drink alcohol: a replication study in India.

Genetic variants in nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and alcohol metabolism genes have been associated with propensity to smoke tobacco and drink alcohol, respectively, and also implicated in genetic susceptibility to head and neck cancer. In addition to smoking and alcohol, tobacco chewing is an im...

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Main Authors: Devasena Anantharaman, Amélie Chabrier, Valérie Gaborieau, Silvia Franceschi, Rolando Herrero, Thangarajan Rajkumar, Tanuja Samant, Manoj B Mahimkar, Paul Brennan, James D McKay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3914962?pdf=render