Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) Consortium: Design of prospective meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies from 5 cohorts.

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Published in Circ Cardiovasc Genet on February 01, 2009

Authors

Bruce M Psaty1, Christopher J O'Donnell, Vilmundur Gudnason, Kathryn L Lunetta, Aaron R Folsom, Jerome I Rotter, André G Uitterlinden, Tamara B Harris, Jacqueline C M Witteman, Eric Boerwinkle, CHARGE Consortium

Author Affiliations

1: Departments of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Services, University of Wash, Seattle, USA. psaty@u.washington.edu

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