Large life-course cohorts for characterizing genetic and environmental contributions: The need for more thoughtful designs

Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 595-598

  Frank, John ^a,b   Ruggiero, Erica Di ^a,b   McInnes, Roderick R ^a,b   Kramer, Michael ^c   Gagnon, France ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33750448301     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000239725.48908.7d     Document Type: Conference Paper

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