Commentary: A new dawn for genetic epidemiology?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 975-977

  Frayling, Timothy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN FTO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; OBESITY; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY;

EID: 68849094389     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp228     Document Type: Note

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