Constructing a contemporary gene-environmental cohort: Study design of the Yamagata Molecular Epidemiological Cohort Study

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-56

  Narimatsu, Hiroto ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA;

CANCER REGISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; JAPAN; LETTER; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84873040024     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: 1435232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2012.128     Document Type: Letter

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