A case-control study of trace-element status and lung cancer in Appalachian Kentucky

• Jason M. Unrine ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jason.unrine@uky.edu (JMU); susanne.arnold@uky.edu (SMA)

  Affiliations Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America, Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1904-1489

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• Stacey A. Slone,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-7672

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• Wayne Sanderson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Preventative Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America

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• Nancy Johnson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Preventative Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America

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• Eric B. Durbin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America, Kentucky Cancer Registry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5600-7645

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• Shristi Shrestha,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America

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• Ellen J. Hahn,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation BREATHE, College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America

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• Fran Feltner,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center of Excellence in Rural Health, University of Kentucky, Hazard, KY, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4970-9745

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• Bin Huang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America, Kentucky Cancer Registry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America

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• W. Jay Christian,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6904-3971

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• Isabel Mellon,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1676-289X

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• David K. Orren,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America

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• Susanne M. Arnold

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jason.unrine@uky.edu (JMU); susanne.arnold@uky.edu (SMA)

  Affiliations Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6542-9551

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