Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 285-290 , June 2010

Interactions between Glutathione-S-Transferase M1, T1 and P1 polymorphisms and smoking, and increased susceptibility to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

  • Omeed Moaven

      Affiliations

    • Division of Human Genetics, Immunology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS), Mashhad, Iran
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  • Hamid Reza Raziee

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Research Center, MUMS, Mashhad, Iran
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Omid Hospital, MUMS, Mashhad, Iran
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  • Hamid Reza Sima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Imam-Reza Hospital, MUMS, Mashhad, Iran
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  • Azita Ganji

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Imam-Reza Hospital, MUMS, Mashhad, Iran
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  • Reza Malekzadeh

      Affiliations

    • Digestive Disease Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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  • Azadeh A’rabi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Human Genetics, Immunology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS), Mashhad, Iran
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  • Abbas Abdollahi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Omid Hospital, MUMS, Mashhad, Iran
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  • Bahram Memar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Omid Hospital, MUMS, Mashhad, Iran
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  • Masoud Sotoudeh

      Affiliations

    • Digestive Disease Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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  • Hossein Naseh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Omid Hospital, MUMS, Mashhad, Iran
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  • Navid Nekoui

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Research Center, MUMS, Mashhad, Iran
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  • Adeleh Razavipour

      Affiliations

    • Division of Human Genetics, Immunology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS), Mashhad, Iran
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  • Mehran Gholamin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Human Genetics, Immunology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS), Mashhad, Iran
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  • Ezzat Dadkhah

      Affiliations

    • Division of Human Genetics, Immunology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS), Mashhad, Iran
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  • Moein Farshchian

      Affiliations

    • Division of Human Genetics, Immunology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS), Mashhad, Iran
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  • Mohammad Reza Abbaszadegan

      Affiliations

    • Division of Human Genetics, Immunology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS), Mashhad, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Division of Human Genetics, Avicenna Research Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Postal code: 9196773117, Mashhad, Iran. Tel.: +98 511 7112343; fax: +98 511 7112343.

,Accepted 9 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2010.03.009

Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 285-290 , June 2010

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