KORA-gen - Resource for population genetics, controls and a broad spectrum of disease phenotypes

Gesundheitswesen

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Wichmann, H Erich ^a   Gieger, C ^a   Illig, T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cohorts; Epidemiology; Genetics; Population studies; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS, POPULATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

EID: 23844472247     PISSN: 09413790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-858226     Document Type: Review

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