Counterpoint: bias from population stratification is not a major threat to the validity of conclusions from epidemiological studies of common polymorphisms and cancer.

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Published in Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev on June 01, 2002

Authors

Sholom Wacholder1, Nathaniel Rothman, Neil Caporaso

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1: Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20854, USA. Wacholder@nih.gov

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