About the Authors
- Danxia Yu
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Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Jennifer Sonderman
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Affiliation International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Maciej S. Buchowski
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Joseph K. McLaughlin
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† Deceased.
Affiliations International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Xiao-Ou Shu
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Affiliations Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Mark Steinwandel
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Affiliation International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Lisa B. Signorello
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Xianglan Zhang
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Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Margaret K. Hargreaves
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- William J. Blot
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Affiliations International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Wei Zheng
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* E-mail: wei.zheng@vanderbilt.edu
Affiliations Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DY WJB WZ. Analyzed the data: DY WJB WZ JS MS. Wrote the paper: JS MSB JKM XOS MS XZ WJB WZ. Study concept and design: DY WBJ WZ. Acquisition of data: JS JKM MS LBS MKH WJB WZ. Statistical analysis: DY JS MS. Obtained funding: WJB WZ. Administrative, technical, or material support: JS MS MKH WJB WZ. Study supervision: WZ. All authors have read, and confirm that they meet, ICMJE criteria for authorship.