Cohort profile: The Western Australian family connections genealogical project

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-35

  Glasson, Emma J ^a,b   de Klerk, N H ^a   Bass, A J ^c   Rosman, D L ^d   Palmer, L J ^b,e   Holman, C D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; GENEALOGY; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; PROJECT ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; FUNDING; GENEALOGY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INHERITANCE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 38949127609     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym136     Document Type: Article

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