Individual risk prediction and population-wide disease prevention

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 176-180

  Rockhill, Beverly ^a,c   Kawachi, I ^b   Colditz, G A ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033867695     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a018017     Document Type: Review

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