A Platform for the Remote Conduct of Gene-Environment Interaction Studies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gallacher, John ^a   Collins, Rory ^b   Elliott, Paul ^c   Palmer, Stephen ^a   Burton, Paul ^d   Mitchell, Clive ^a   John, Gareth ^e   Lyons, Ronan ^f  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS Wales   (United Kingdom)

^f SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEEK; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ONLINE SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECONTACT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WEB BROWSER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; COGNITION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERNET; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WALES;

EID: 84872538234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054331     Document Type: Article

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