Genetics and epidemiology, congenital anomalies and cancer

Journal Article · Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 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, Vol. 60, Issue 3; Other Information: PBD: Mar 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

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