A self-fulfilling prophecy: Are we underestimating the role of the environment in gene-environment interaction research?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 945-946

  Vineis, Paolo ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL GENETICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 7244224925     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh277     Document Type: Review

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