Gene-environment interactions in the development of type 2 diabetes: Recent progress and continuing challenges

Annual Review of Nutrition

Volumn 32, Issue , 2012, Pages 245-259

  Cornelis, Marilyn C ^a   Hu, Frank B ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genome wide association; Intervention; Measurement error; Methods

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; METHODOLOGY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84864185305     PISSN: 01999885     EISSN: 15454312     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-nutr-071811-150648     Document Type: Review

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