Defining the environment in gene-environment research: Lessons from social epidemiology

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Boardman, Jason D ^a   Daw, Jonathan ^a,b   Freese, Jeremy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC RESEARCH; HUMANS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84884165394     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301355     Document Type: Article

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