Genetic risk prediction - Are we there yet?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1701-1703

  Kraft, Peter ^a   Hunter, David J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 65949099120     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp0810107     Document Type: Article

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