Promise of molecular epidemiology--epidemiologic reasoning, biological rationale and risk assessment.

doi:10.5271/sjweh.472

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Promise of molecular epidemiology--epidemiologic reasoning, biological rationale and risk assessment.

Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health - 1 Dec 1999

Vainio H

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Molecular epidemiology has emerged as a natural outgrowth of attempts to apply information derived from the explosion in molecular biology to disease in human populations. The incorporation of biomarkers into classical epidemiologic designs holds the promise of unraveling mechanisms, elucidating gene-environment interactions, and dissecting heterogeneity. The primary interest of molecular epidemiology is in the...

Topics

Biomarkers
Environmental Exposure
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Molecular Epidemiology
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Quality Control
Risk Assessment

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PMID: 10884145
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.472

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