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List of works by Heather M Ochs-Balcom

"It takes a village": multilevel approaches to recruit African Americans and their families for genetic research

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A RecQ Protein-like 5 Haplotype is Associated With Colon Cancer

scientific article published on 20 May 2010

A high-resolution HLA reference panel capturing global population diversity enables multi-ancestry fine-mapping in HIV host response

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A meta-analysis identifies new loci associated with body mass index in individuals of African ancestry

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A meta-analysis of the association of N-acetyltransferase 2 gene (NAT2) variants with breast cancer

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Adipokines do not mediate the association of obesity and colorectal adenoma

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Adiposity is associated with p53 gene mutations in breast cancer

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Alcohol consumption and genetic variation in methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase and 5-methyltetrahydrofolate-homocysteine methyltransferase in relation to breast cancer risk.

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Antioxidants and pulmonary function among police officers

journal article published in 2010

Association between anemia and quality of life in a population sample of individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Association of DXA-derived bone mineral density and fat mass with African ancestry

scientific article published on 22 February 2013

Association of common variants in the human eyes shut ortholog (EYS) with statin‐induced myopathy: Evidence for additional functions of EYS

scientific article published on August 8, 2011

Association of serum 17β-estradiol concentration, hormone therapy, and alveolar crest height in postmenopausal women

scientific article published on 16 January 2015

Association of vitamin D receptor gene variants, adiposity and colon cancer

scientific article published on 14 July 2008

BRCA1 polymorphisms and breast cancer epidemiology in the Western New York exposures and breast cancer (WEB) study

scientific article published on 14 May 2013

Body fat and breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women: a longitudinal study

scientific article published on 7 April 2013

Building a funded research program in cancer health disparities: considerations for young investigators

scientific article published on May 2015

Characteristics of Self-Reported Sleep and the Risk of Falls and Fractures: The Women's Health Initiative (WHI)

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Colorectal cancer risk based on extended family history and body mass index

scientific article published on 16 July 2020

Consortium approach to identifying genes for Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma

scientific article published on 25 May 2007

Dietary Intake of Lutein and Diabetic Retinopathy in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC).

scientific article published on 7 March 2016

Establishing a community partnership to optimize recruitment of African American pedigrees for a genetic epidemiology study

scientific article published on 9 July 2011

Estimating Kinship in Admixed Populations

scientific article published on June 28, 2012

Evaluation of a Dedicated Tobacco Cessation Support Service for Thoracic Cancer Center Patients

scientific article published on 22 December 2017

FGFR2 intronic SNPs and breast cancer risk: Associations with tumor characteristics and interactions with exogenous exposures and other known breast cancer risk factors

scientific article published on November 12, 2010

Familiality in Barrett's esophagus, adenocarcinoma of the esophagus, and adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction.

scientific article published on September 2006

GATM polymorphism associated with the risk for statin-induced myopathy does not replicate in case-control analysis of 715 dyslipidemic individuals

scientific article published on April 2015

Gastroesophageal reflux symptoms in patients with adenocarcinoma of the esophagus or cardia

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Gene-Hormone Therapy Interaction and Fracture Risk in Postmenopausal Women

scientific article published on 6 March 2017

Gene-environment interaction involving recently identified colorectal cancer susceptibility Loci

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Generalization of adiposity genetic loci to US Hispanic women

scientific article published on 26 August 2013

Genetic polymorphisms of TERT and CLPTM1L and risk of lung cancer—A case–control study in a Chinese population

scientific article published on February 19, 2013

Genetic susceptibility markers for a breast-colorectal cancer phenotype: Exploratory results from genome-wide association studies

scientific article published on 26 April 2018

Genetic variants in COX-2, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and breast cancer risk: the Western New York Exposures and Breast Cancer (WEB) Study.

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Genome-wide association of body fat distribution in African ancestry populations suggests new loci

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Genome-wide characterization of shared and distinct genetic components that influence blood lipid levels in ethnically diverse human populations

scientific article published on 30 May 2013

Hormonal Factors and Risks of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Adenocarcinoma in Postmenopausal Women

scientific article published on April 19, 2011

Is being breastfed as an infant associated with adult pulmonary function?

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No Association between Circulating Levels and Genetic Variants of IL-6 and TNF-α and Colon Adenoma

scientific article published on April 2013

Overweight, Obesity, and Postmenopausal Invasive Breast Cancer Risk: A Secondary Analysis of the Women's Health Initiative Randomized Clinical Trials

scientific article published on 11 June 2015

Oxidative stress and pulmonary function in the general population

scientific article published on 3 November 2005

Physical activity modifies genetic susceptibility to obesity in postmenopausal women

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Pre-diagnostic Sleep Duration and Sleep Quality in Relation to Subsequent Cancer Survival

scientific article published on 19 November 2015

Program update and novel use of the DESPAIR program to design a genome-wide linkage study using relative pairs

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Pulmonary Function and Abdominal Adiposity in the General Population

scientific article published on 01 April 2006

Putative linkage signals identified for breast cancer in African American families

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Racial differences in the association of insulin-like growth factor pathway and colorectal adenoma risk

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Relationship between adiposity and admixture in African-American and Hispanic-American women.

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Relationship between hysterectomy and admixture in African American women

scientific article published on 17 January 2013

Replication of Breast Cancer GWAS Susceptibility Loci in the Women's Health Initiative African American SHARe Study

scientific article published on July 27, 2011

Reply to Depression and Bone Mineral Density

scientific article published on 14 February 2020

Sequencing Analysis at 8p23 Identifies Multiple Rare Variants in DLC1 Associated with Sleep-Related Oxyhemoglobin Saturation Level

scientific article published on 24 October 2019

Short Sleep Is Associated With Low Bone Mineral Density and Osteoporosis in the Women's Health Initiative

scientific article published on 06 November 2019

Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Markers of Oxidative Stress in Healthy Women

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Sleep and Breast Cancer in the Western New York Exposures and Breast Cancer (WEB) Study

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Sleep quality, duration, and breast cancer aggressiveness

scientific article published on 17 April 2017

The association of depressive symptoms and pulmonary function in healthy adults

journal article published in 2013

The influence of genetic susceptibility and calcium plus vitamin D supplementation on fracture risk

scientific article published on February 2017

Tobacco Cessation May Improve Lung Cancer Patient Survival

scientific article published in July 2015

Validation of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Sleep Questions.

scientific article published on 5 October 2015

Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms are associated with adiposity phenotypes

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