Critical need for family-based, quasi-experimental designs in integrating genetic and social science research

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  D'Onofrio, Brian M ^a   Lahey, Benjamin B ^b   Turkheimer, Eric ^c   Lichtenstein, Paul ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOLOGY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC RESEARCH; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 84883464811     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301252     Document Type: Review

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