Chromosome 15q25 (CHRNA3-CHRNB4) Variation Indirectly Impacts Lung Cancer Risk in Chinese Males

Yalei Zhang; Mei Jiang; Qin Li; Wenhua Liang; Qihua He; Weiqing Chen; Jianxing He

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0149946

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Chromosome 15q25 (CHRNA3-CHRNB4) Variation Indirectly Impacts Lung Cancer Risk in Chinese Males

Yalei Zhang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yalei Zhang, Mei Jiang, Qin Li

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Mei Jiang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yalei Zhang, Mei Jiang, Qin Li

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Qin Li ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yalei Zhang, Mei Jiang, Qin Li

Affiliation Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, The School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Wenhua Liang,

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Qihua He,

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Weiqing Chen ,

* E-mail: chenwq@mail.sysu.edu.cn (WC); hejx@vip.163.com (J H)

Affiliation Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, The School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Jianxing He

* E-mail: chenwq@mail.sysu.edu.cn (WC); hejx@vip.163.com (J H)

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Chromosome 15q25 (CHRNA3-CHRNB4) Variation Indirectly Impacts Lung Cancer Risk in Chinese Males

Yalei Zhang,
Mei Jiang,
Qin Li,
Wenhua Liang,
Qihua He,
Weiqing Chen,
Jianxing He

Published: March 4, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149946

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