Conducting Molecular Epidemiological Research in the Age of HIPAA: A Multi-Institutional Case-Control Study of Breast Cancer in African-American and European-American Women.

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Published in J Oncol on October 25, 2009

Authors

Christine B Ambrosone1, Gregory L Ciupak, Elisa V Bandera, Lina Jandorf, Dana H Bovbjerg, Gary Zirpoli, Karen Pawlish, James Godbold, Helena Furberg, Anne Fatone, Heiddis Valdimarsdottir, Song Yao, Yulin Li, Helena Hwang, Warren Davis, Michelle Roberts, Lara Sucheston, Kitaw Demissie, Kandace L Amend, Paul Tartter, James Reilly, Benjamin W Pace, Thomas Rohan, Joseph Sparano, George Raptis, Maria Castaldi, Alison Estabrook, Sheldon Feldman, Christina Weltz, Margaret Kemeny

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cancer Prevention & Control, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm & Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA.

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