Ethnicity, ancestry, and race in molecular epidemiologic research

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 11 I, 2005, Pages 2467-2471

  Rebbeck, Timothy R ^a   Sankar, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RISK; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CONCEPT; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 28644451398     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0649     Document Type: Note

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