Association of Genetic Ancestry with Breast Cancer in Ethnically Diverse Women from Chicago

Umaima Al-Alem; Garth Rauscher; Ebony Shah; Ken Batai; Abeer Mahmoud; Erin Beisner; Abigail Silva; Caryn Peterson; Rick Kittles

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0112916

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Association of Genetic Ancestry with Breast Cancer in Ethnically Diverse Women from Chicago

Umaima Al-Alem,

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Garth Rauscher,

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Ebony Shah,

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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Ken Batai,

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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Abeer Mahmoud,

Affiliations Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Erin Beisner,

Affiliation College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Abigail Silva,

Affiliations Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois, United States of America
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Caryn Peterson,

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Rick Kittles

* E-mail: rkittles@email.arizona.edu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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Association of Genetic Ancestry with Breast Cancer in Ethnically Diverse Women from Chicago

Umaima Al-Alem,
Garth Rauscher,
Ebony Shah,
Ken Batai,
Abeer Mahmoud,
Erin Beisner,
Abigail Silva,
Caryn Peterson,
Rick Kittles

Published: November 25, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112916

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