Research on environmental effects in genetic studies of aging: Comments

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 7-11

  Crow, James F ^a   Johnson, Thomas E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; GEFITINIB;

AGED; AGING; ALLELE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GERONTOLOGY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHARMACOGENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWINS;

EID: 17044379448     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/60.special_issue_1.7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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