Buccal swabs and treated cards: Methodological considerations for molecular epidemiologic studies examining pediatric populations

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 167, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1260-1267

  Beckett, Sara M ^a   Laughton, Stephen J ^b   Pozza, Luciano Dalla ^c   McCowage, Geoffrey B ^c   Marshall, Glenn ^d   Cohn, Richard J ^d   Milne, Elizabeth ^e   Ashton, Lesley J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S CANCER INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA; Epidemiologic methods; Epidemiology, molecular; Genome; Mouth mucosa; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

BLOCKING AGENT; CYTOCHROME P450 3A4; DNA; STEROID RECEPTOR; STEROID XENOBIOTIC RECEPTOR;

BLOOD; CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOCHROME; DNA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; MICROORGANISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; REAL TIME; STEROID; XENOBIOTICS;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEEK MUCOSA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEWBORN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CHEEK; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH MUCOSA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PAPER; PEDIATRICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

CHEEK; CHILD; DNA; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PAPER; PEDIATRICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 43249131047     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn012     Document Type: Article

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