Investigating the causal effect of smoking on hay fever and asthma: a Mendelian randomization meta-analysis in the CARTA consortiumn
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Skaaby, Tea; Taylor, Amy E.; Jacobsen, Rikke K.; Paternoster, Lavinia; Thuesen, Betina Heinsbæk; S. Ahluwalia, Tarunveer; Larsen, Sofus C.; Zhou, Ang; Wong, Andrew; Gabrielsen, Maiken E.; Bjorngaard, Johan H.; Flexeder, Claudia; Mannisto, Satu; Hardy, Rebecca; Kuh, Diana; Barry, Sarah J.; Mollehave, Line Tang; Cerqueira, Charlotte; Friedrich, Nele; Bonten, Tobias N.; Noordam, Raymond; MookKanamori, Dennis O.; Taube, Christian; Jessen, Leon Eyrich; McConnachie, Alex; Sattar, Naveed; Upton, Mark N.; McSharry, Charles; Bonnelykke, Klaus; Bisgaard, Hans Flinker; Schulz, Holger; Strauch, Konstantin; Meitinger, Thomas; Peters, Annette; Grallert, Harald; Nohr, Ellen A.; Kivimaki, Mika; Kumari, Meena; Völker, Uwe; Nauck, Matthias; Völzke, Henry; Power, Chris; Hypponen, Elina; Hansen, Torben; Jorgensen, Torben; Pedersen, Oluf; Salomaa, Veikko; Grarup, Niels; Langhammer, Arnulf; Romundstad, Pal R.; Skorpen, Frank; Kaprio, Jaakko; Munafo, Marcus R.; Linneberg, Allan
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