A Coding Variant in TMC8 (EVER2) Is Associated with High Risk HPV Infection and Head and Neck Cancer Risk

Caihua Liang; Karl T. Kelsey; Michael D. McClean; Brock C. Christensen; Carmen J. Marsit; Margaret R. Karagas; Tim Waterboer; Michael Pawlita; Heather H. Nelson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0123716

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A Coding Variant in TMC8 (EVER2) Is Associated with High Risk HPV Infection and Head and Neck Cancer Risk

Caihua Liang,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States of America
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Karl T. Kelsey,

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States of America
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Michael D. McClean,

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States of America
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Brock C. Christensen,

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, United States of America, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, United States of America
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Carmen J. Marsit,

Affiliations Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, United States of America, Department of Toxicology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, United States of America
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Margaret R. Karagas,

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, United States of America, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, United States of America
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Tim Waterboer,

Affiliation Infection and Cancer Program, German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum), Heidelberg, Germany
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Michael Pawlita,

Affiliation Infection and Cancer Program, German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum), Heidelberg, Germany
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Heather H. Nelson

* E-mail: hhnelson@umn.edu

Affiliations Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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A Coding Variant in TMC8 (EVER2) Is Associated with High Risk HPV Infection and Head and Neck Cancer Risk

Caihua Liang,
Karl T. Kelsey,
Michael D. McClean,
Brock C. Christensen,
Carmen J. Marsit,
Margaret R. Karagas,
Tim Waterboer,
Michael Pawlita,
Heather H. Nelson

Published: April 8, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123716

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