The role of longitudinal cohort studies in epigenetic epidemiology: Challenges and opportunities

Genome Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Ng, Jane W Y ^a,b   Barrett, Laura M ^a   Wong, Andrew ^c   Kuh, Diana ^a   Smith, George D ^d   Relton, Caroline L ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dna methylation; Epigenomics; Life course; Longitudinal studies

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PYROSEQUENCING; REVIEW; STUDY DESIGN; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84863469546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2012-13-6-246     Document Type: Review

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