Telomeres in molecular epidemiology studies

Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science

Volumn 125, Issue , 2014, Pages 113-131

  Bodelon, Clara ^a   Savage, Sharon A ^a   Gadalla, Shahinaz M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Association studies; Epidemiology; Telomere; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TELOMERASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; ANIMAL; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHOCYTE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 84903828012     PISSN: 18771173     EISSN: 18780814     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-397898-1.00005-0     Document Type: Chapter

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