Article
Population DNA methylation studies in the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) framework
13 Aug 2018
Abstract excerpt
Epigenetic changes represent a potential mechanism underlying associations of early-life exposures and later life health outcomes. Population-based cohort studies starting in early life are an attractive framework to study the role of such changes. DNA methylation is the most studied epigenetic mechanism in population research. We discuss the application of DNA methylation in early-life population studies, some...
