Article
Molecular epidemiology in cancer research.
Molecular aspects of medicine - 1 Dec 1998
Collins A R
Abstract excerpt
The use of molecular biomarkers in epidemiological investigations brings clear advantages of economy, speed and precision. Epidemiology--the study of the factors that control the patterns of incidence of disease--normally requires large numbers of subjects and/or long periods of time, because what is measured (the occurrence of disease) is a rare event. Biomarkers are measurable biological parameters that...
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