Epidemiologic and genetic approaches in the study of gene-environment interaction: An overview of available methods

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-147

  Andrieu, N ^a   Goldstein, A M ^b  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY STUDY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; HEREDITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; TWINS;

EID: 0032443744     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a017976     Document Type: Review

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