Commentary: The human genome: Philosopher's stone or magic wand?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 578-580

  Millikan, Robert C ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CANCER RESEARCH; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RISK; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745586562     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl006     Document Type: Note

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