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Self-collection of oral epithelial cell DNA under instruction from epidemiologic interviewers.
American journal of epidemiology - 15 Jan 2000
Harty L C, Shields P G, Winn D M, Caporaso N E, Hayes R B
Abstract excerpt
Oral epithelial cells provide an easily accessible source of germline DNA. Two methods for collection were compared in a 1992-1995 case-control study of oral cancer in Puerto Rico. One group of subjects (55 controls without oral cancer) collected oral rinse samples at home or work under the direction of a nonmedically trained interviewer ("self-collection"); the other group (94 controls) participated in a...
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