The promises and challenges of epigenetic epidemiology

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 297-301

  Michels, Karin B ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Confounding; DNA methylation; Epidemiology; Epigenetics; Genomic imprinting; Histone modification; Study design; Tissue specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DISEASE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY;

EID: 77649338294     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2009.12.011     Document Type: Article

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