Rigorous genotype-phenotype association research depends on scientific rigor at multiple scales of investigation

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2956-2958

  Morris, Alan H ^a  

^a INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental design; Functional genomics; Genotype; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; CYTOLOGY; DATA BASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; EPIGENETICS; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HOLISTIC CARE; INJURY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEOMICS; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEOMICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 54549113485     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318187b834     Document Type: Editorial

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