Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 108, Issue 1 , Pages 70-76 , 1 April 2010

Association of polymorphisms of the serotonergic system with smoking initiation in Caucasians

  • Maria Iordanidou

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Pharmacology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Dragana Campus, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece
    • ,
  • Anna Tavridou

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Pharmacology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Dragana Campus, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece
    • ,
  • Ioannis Petridis

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Pharmacology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Dragana Campus, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Academic General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece
    • ,
  • Soultana Kyroglou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Academic General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece
    • ,
  • Loukas Kaklamanis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens 17674, Greece
    • ,
  • Dimitrios Christakidis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Academic General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece
    • ,
  • Vangelis G. Manolopoulos

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Pharmacology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Dragana Campus, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +30 2551 030523; fax: +30 2551 030523.

Received 7 July 2009 ,Revised 31 October 2009 ,Accepted 17 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.11.015

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 108, Issue 1 , Pages 70-76 , 1 April 2010

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