Translational Epidemiologic Approaches to Understanding the Consequences of Early-Life Exposures

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 315-328

  D’Onofrio, Brian M ^a   Class, Quetzal A ^a   Rickert, Martin E ^a   Sujan, Ayesha C ^a   Larsson, Henrik ^b   Kuja Halkola, Ralf ^b   Sjölander, Arvid ^b   Almqvist, Catarina ^b   Lichtenstein, Paul ^b   Oberg, A Sara ^b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Cousin comparisons; Developmental origins of health and disease; Fetal growth; Genetically informed designs; Pregnancy; Sibling comparisons

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84947772168     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-015-9769-8     Document Type: Review

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