Human genome epidemiology: The road map revisited

Human Genome Epidemiology: Building the Evidence for Using Genetic Information to Improve Health and Prevent Disease: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Khoury, Muin J ^a,b   Bedrosian, Sara R ^a   Gwinn, Marta ^a   Little, Julian ^c   Higgins, Julian P T ^d   Ioannidis, John P A ^e,f,g  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology Unit Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology School of Medicine and Biomedical Research Institute   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^g TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genome wide association studies; Public health genomics; Translation research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921258764     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195398441.003.0001     Document Type: Chapter

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