Genetic epidemiology with a capital 'E'

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 289-300

  Thomas, Duncan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Gene environment interactions; Mechanistic models; Ovarian cancer; Population based sampling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; ONCOGENE; OVARY CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR;

BIOETHICS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033680941     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2272(200012)19:4<289::AID-GEPI2>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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