Local Literature Bias in Genetic Epidemiology: An Empirical Evaluation of the Chinese Literature

• Zhenglun Pan,

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Jinan 250021, Shandong, China

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• Thomas A Trikalinos,

  Affiliations Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Department of Medicine, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Fotini K Kavvoura,

  Affiliation Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece

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• Joseph Lau,

  Affiliation Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Department of Medicine, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• John P.A Ioannidis

  *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jioannid@cc.uoi.gr

  Affiliations Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Department of Medicine, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Biomedical Research Institute, Foundation for Research and Technology–Hellas, Ioannina, Greece

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