Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 12 , Pages 1866-1870, December 2009

PTEN identified as important risk factor of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  • H. Dean Hosgood III

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, 6120 Executive Boulelvard, EPS 8118, MCS 7240, Bethesda, MD 20892-7240, USA. Tel.: +1 301 594 4649; fax: +1 301 402 1819.
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  • Idan Menashe

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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  • Xingzhou He

      Affiliations

    • Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, PR China
  • ,
  • Stephen Chanock

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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  • Qing Lan

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA

Received 17 March 2009; accepted 25 June 2009. published online 22 July 2009.

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PII: S0954-6111(09)00220-0

doi:10.1016/j.rmed.2009.06.016

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 12 , Pages 1866-1870, December 2009