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Bi Ran1, Jiangyue Qin1,2, Yanqiu Wu1

  • 1Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital and Division of Pulmonary Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy of China, Sichuan University. Guoxuexiang 37, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China.

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Bayesian kernel machine regression (BKMR)Latent tuberculosis infectionMultivariable logistic regressionNHANESPhthalate metabolitesRestricted cubic spline (RCS)

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