Benzene exposure is associated with cardiovascular disease risk

• Wesley Abplanalp ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Wesley Abplanalp, Natasha DeJarnett

  Current address: Institute of Cardiovascular Regeneration, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany

  Affiliations Diabetes and Obesity Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5996-8997

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• Natasha DeJarnett ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Wesley Abplanalp, Natasha DeJarnett

  Current address: American Public Health Association, Washington D.C., United States of America

  Affiliations Diabetes and Obesity Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

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• Daniel W. Riggs,

  Affiliations Diabetes and Obesity Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

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• Daniel J. Conklin,

  Affiliations Diabetes and Obesity Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

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• James P. McCracken,

  Affiliations Diabetes and Obesity Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

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• Sanjay Srivastava,

  Affiliations Diabetes and Obesity Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

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• Zhengzhi Xie,

  Affiliations Diabetes and Obesity Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

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• Shesh Rai,

  Affiliations Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatics, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Biostatistics Shared Facility, JG Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

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• Aruni Bhatnagar,

  Affiliations Diabetes and Obesity Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

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• Timothy E. O’Toole

  * E-mail: tim.otoole@louisville.edu

  Affiliations Diabetes and Obesity Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

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