Overview of Genetic Epidemiology

Genetic epidemiology is the study of the joint action of genes and environmental factors in causing disease in human populations and their patterns of inheritance in families (Last, 1993; Morton, 1982; Neel, 1984; Rao, 1985; Thomas, 2000a). Many other disciplines also address aspects of this same ov...

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Published inStatistical Methods in Genetic Epidemiology
Main Author Thomas, Duncan C.
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Oxford University Press 29.01.2004
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Subjects
Biomathematics and Statistics
Epidemiology & medical statistics
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Public Health
epidemiology
statistical
molecular
genetics
population
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ISBN019515939X
9780195159394
DOI10.1093/oso/9780195159394.003.0001

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Summary:Genetic epidemiology is the study of the joint action of genes and environmental factors in causing disease in human populations and their patterns of inheritance in families (Last, 1993; Morton, 1982; Neel, 1984; Rao, 1985; Thomas, 2000a). Many other disciplines also address aspects of this same overall objective—human genetics, population genetics, clinical genetics, molecular genetics, molecular epidemiology, statistical genetics, genomics, bioinformatics—each from its own perspective. Many other basic and clinical sciences—biochemistry, pathology, and physiology, for example—also contribute. A complete understanding of the etiology of disease requires an interdisciplinary approach drawing on all these fields.
ISBN:019515939X
9780195159394
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780195159394.003.0001