Rationale, design, and methodology of the Women's Genome Health Study: a genome-wide association study of more than 25,000 initially healthy american women.

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Published in Clin Chem on December 10, 2007

Authors

Paul M Ridker1, Daniel I Chasman, Robert Y L Zee, Alex Parker, Lynda Rose, Nancy R Cook, Julie E Buring, Women's Genome Health Study Working Group

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. pridker@partners.org

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