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Establishing the role of gene-environment interactions in the etiology of type 2 diabetes.
Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America - 1 Sept 2002
Wareham Nicholas J, Franks Paul W, Harding Anne-Helen
Abstract excerpt
The descriptive epidemiology of type 2 diabetes and findings from cohort studies suggest that this disorder originates in large part from a complex interaction between genetic and environmental factors. Determining the details of these interactions using the nested case-control design may be optimal, but is a long-term and expensive strategy. Quicker and cheaper results may be obtained by studying interaction on...
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