Genetics and epidemiology, congenital anomalies and cancer

Journal Article · Sat Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1997 · American Journal of Human Genetics

OSTI ID:518530

Friedman, J M ^[1]

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1. Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver (Canada)

Many of the basic statistical methods used in epidemiology - regression, analysis of variance, and estimation of relative risk, for example - originally were developed for the genetic analysis of biometric data. The familiarity that many geneticists have with this methodology has helped geneticists to understand and accept genetic epidemiology as a scientific discipline. It worth noting, however, that most of the work in genetic epidemiology during the past decade has been devoted to linkage and other family studies, rather than to population-based investigations of the type that characterize much of mainstream epidemiology. 30 refs., 2 tabs.

• OSTI ID: 518530
• Journal Information: American Journal of Human Genetics, Journal Name: American Journal of Human Genetics Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 60; ISSN AJHGAG; ISSN 0002-9297
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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55 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
BASIC STUDIES
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATIONS
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS
CORRELATIONS
DISEASE INCIDENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE
EPIDEMIOLOGY
GENE MUTATIONS
GENE REGULATION
GENETICS
HEREDITARY DISEASES
HUMAN CHROMOSOMES
HUMAN POPULATIONS
NEOPLASMS
ONCOGENES
PATHOGENESIS
POPULATION DYNAMICS
STATISTICS