Transportability of Prognostic Markers
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Authors
- Wenjia Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8201-7145)
- Mohsen Sadatsafavi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0419-7862)
Institutions
- State University of Malang (ID)
- National University of Singapore (SG)
- Curtin University (AU)
- St. Paul's Hospital (CA)
- Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes (CA)
- National University Health System (SG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Epidemiology
- Published
- 2026-09-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ede.0000000000002044
- Primary Topic
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00