The case for a US prospective cohort study of genes and environment

Nature

Volumn 429, Issue 6990, 2004, Pages 475-477

  Collins, Francis S ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GENES; HEALTH CARE; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; POPULATION-WIDE IMPACTS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

MEDICINE;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MEDICAL GENETICS; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2642585738     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02628     Document Type: Review

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