Is the Gene-Environment Interaction Paradigm Relevant to Genome-Wide Studies? The Case of Education and Body Mass Index

Demography

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 119-139

  Boardman, Jason D ^a   Domingue, Benjamin W ^a   Blalock, Casey L ^a   Haberstick, Brett C ^a   Harris, Kathleen Mullan ^b   McQueen, Matthew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Framingham Heart Study; Gene environment interactions; Genome wide; GWAS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893620601     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-013-0259-4     Document Type: Article

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