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Ziv E, J Cauley, P Morin, R Saiz, WS Browner, "An association between the T29->C polymorphism in the transforming growth factor beta1 gene and breast cancer in elderly white women: the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures," JAMA, 2001; 285:2859-2863.

Risch, N, E Gonzalez-Burchard, E Ziv, H Tang, "Classification of Humans in Biomedical Research: Genes Race and Disease," Genome Biology 2002;3(7):COMMENT2007.

Ziv, E, A Kahn, J Cauley, P Morin, R Saiz, WS Browner, "The L10P polymorphism of TGF-1 is not associated with osteoporosis among white women," American Journal of Medicine, 2003; 114: 227-31.

Ziv E, J Shepherd, R Smith-Bindman, K Kerlikowske, "Mammographic breast density is a predictor of family history of breast cancer." Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2003; 95: 556-8.

Burchard E*, E Ziv*, N Coyle, S Lin Gomez, H. Tang, AJ Karter, JL Mountain, EJ Perez-Stable, D Sheppard, N Risch, "The importance of race and ethnicity in biomedical research and clinical practice," New England Journal of Medicine, 2003; 345: 1170-5. *Contributed equally to the manuscript

Ziv E, E Burchard "Human population structure and genetic association studies," Pharmacogenomics 2003; 4: 431-41.

Lind D, S Choudhry, N Ung, E Ziv, P Avila, K Salari, N Coyle, S Nazario, J Casal, A Torres, J Rodriguez-Santana, H Matallana, C Lilly, J Salas, M Selman, H Boushey, S Weiss, R Chapela, J Ford, W Rodriguez-Cintron, E Silverman, D Sheppard, PY Kwok and E Burchard "ADAM33 is Not Associated with Asthma in Puerto Ricans or Mexicans from the GALA Study," American Journal of Respiratory Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2003;168:1312-6.

Browner W, A Kahn, E Ziv, A Reiner, R Cawthon, WC Hsueh, S Cummings, "Genetics of human longevity" American Journal of Medicine 2004; 117:851-60.

Ziv, E, J Tice, J Shepherd, R Smith-Bindman, S Cummings, K Kerlikowske, "Mammographic breast density predicts both ER-positive and ER-negative breast cancers" Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 2004; 13: 2090-2095.

Kerlikowske, K., J. Shepherd, J. Creasman, J. Tice, E. Ziv, S. Cummings, "Are breast density and bone mineral density different independent risk factors for breast cancer?" Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2005;97:368-74.

K Salari*, S Choudhry*, H Tang, D Lind, SL Clark, N Ung, W Rodrigues-Cintron, M Shriver, P-Y Kwok, D Sheppard, N Risch, E Burchard#, E Ziv#, "Asthma severity and genetic ancestry in Latino American Populations" Genetic Epidemiology 2005;29:76-86. * # Contributed equally to the manuscript

A Reiner*, Ziv E*, D Lind, C Nievergelt, N Schork, E Burchard, , S Cummings, B Psaty, PY Kwok, "Population structure, admixture and aging related phenotypes among African Americans: The Cardiovascular Health Study" American Journal of Human Genetics 2005;76:463-77. *Contributed equally to the manuscript

F Modugno, J Zmuda, D Potter, C Cai, E Ziv, S Cummings, K Stone, P Morin, D Greene, and J Cauley. "The Association of Estrogen Receptor Polymorphisms with Breast Cancer Risk in Older White Women" International Journal of Cancer 2005;116:984-91.

F Modugno, J Zmuda, D Potter, C Cai, E Ziv, S Cummings, K Stone, P Morin, D Greene, and J Cauley, "Estrogen Metabolizing Polymorphisms and Breast Cancer Risk among Older White Women," Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 2005; 93: 261-70.

González Burchard, E, Borrell, LN, Choudhry, S, Naqvi, M, Tsai, HJ, Rodriguez-Santana, JR, Chapela, R, Rogers, SD, Mei, R, Rodriguez-Cintron, W, Arena, JF, Kittles, R, Perez-Stable, EJ, Ziv, E and Risch N, "Latino Populations: A unique contribution to the study of Race, Genetics and Social Environment in Epidemiologic Research," Am Jo Public Health 2005; 95: 2161-8.

HJ Tsai, S Choudhry, M Navi, E Burchard, E Ziv, "A comparison of methods to estimate genetic ancestry and control for population stratification in admixed populations", Human Genetics, 2005, 118: 424-33.

S Choudhry, N Coyle, D Lind, H Tang, K Salari, SL Clark, N Ung, H Matallana, PC Avila, S Nazario, J Casal, A Torres, M Toscano, R Castro, W Rodriguez-Cintron, M Shriver, P-Y Kwok, D Sheppard, N Risch, E Ziv, and E Burchard, "Confounding in Genetic Association Studies of Puerto Rican and Mexican Asthmatic Subjects from the Genetics of Asthma in Latino Americans (GALA) Study" Human Genetics, 2005; 118: 652-64.

J Tice, S Cummings, E Ziv, K Kerlikowske, "Mammographic density and Gail score as predictors of breast cancer, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 2005; 94: 115-22.

Ziv, E, E John, J Kho, S Choudhry, W Lorizio, E Perez-Stable, E Burchard, "Breast cancer risk factors and genetic ancestry among Latinas in the San Francisco Bay Area" Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 2006;15(10):1878-85.

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