Genetic Factors In Smoking Also Increase Risk Of Chronic Bronchitis
Smoking is a known risk factor for respiratory diseases like chronic bronchitis, but genes also play a significant role in its development, according to researchers in Sweden, who studied more than 40,000 Swedish twins to determine the extent to which behavior, environment and genes each play a role ion the development of chronic bronchitis.
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Filed under: Genetics on March 3rd, 2008