Shortened telomere length is associated with increased risk of cancer: a meta-analysis.

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Published in PLoS One on June 10, 2011

Authors

Hongxia Ma1, Ziyuan Zhou, Sheng Wei, Zhensheng Liu, Karen A Pooley, Alison M Dunning, Ulrika Svenson, Göran Roos, H Dean Hosgood, Min Shen, Qingyi Wei

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1: Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America.

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