Nontraditional epidemiologic approaches in the analysis of gene- environment interaction: Case-control studies with no controls!

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 207-213

  Khoury, Muin J ^a,c   Flanders, W Dana ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

case control studies; environment; genes

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLEFT PALATE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPOSURE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; REVIEW; SIBLING;

EID: 0029787622     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008915     Document Type: Review

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