The emerging importance of genetics in epidemiologic research III. Bioinformatics and statistical genetic methods

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 207-224

  Ellsworth, Darrell L ^a   Manolio, Teri A ^a  

^a Div Epidemiol Clin Applic   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Computational Biology; Epidemiologic Methods; Genetic Linkage; Molecular Epidemiology; Statistical Genetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MEDICAL INFORMATICS COMPUTING; MUTATION;

EID: 0032960736     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(99)00007-1     Document Type: Article

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