Molecular epidemiology
Subtitle: applications in cancer and other human diseases
By: edited by Timothy R. Rebbeck, Christine B. Ambrosone, Peter G. Shields.
Contributors: Rebbeck, Timothy R.; Ambrosone, Christine B.; Shields, Peter G.
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9781420052916
Subjects: Cancer -- Epidemiology; Molecular epidemiology; Disease susceptibility -- Genetic aspects; Neoplasms -- epidemiology; Neoplasms -- genetics; Epidemiology, Molecular -- methods; Genetic Predisposition to Disease -- epidemiology; Genetic Predisposition to Disease -- genetics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Design considerations in molecular epidemiology / Monserrat García-Closas, Qing Lan, and Nathaniel Rothman; title: Family-based study designs / Audrey H. Schnell and John S. Witte; title: Trials and interventions in molecular epidemiology / James R. Marshall and Mary E. Reid; title: Molecular epidemiological designs for prognosis / Cornelia M. Ulrich and Christine B. Ambrosone; title: Biosampling methods / Regina M. Santella and Susan E. Hankinson; title: Principles for high-quality genotyping / Stephen J. Chanock; title: Biomarkers of exposure and effect / Christopher P. Wild; title: Questionnaire assessment / James R. Marshall; title: Pharmacogenetics in cancer chemotherapy / Xifeng Wu and Jian Gu; title: Human genetic variation and its implication in understanding "race"/ethnicity and admixture / Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, Indrani Halder, Mark Shriver; title: Statistical approaches to studies of gene-gene and gene-environment interactions / Nilanjan Chatterjee and Bhramar Mukherjee; title: Novel analytical methods for association studies / Jason H. Moore, Margaret R. Karagas, and Angeline S. Andrew; title: Pathway-based methods in molecular cancer epidemiology / Fritz F. Parl, Philip S. Crooke, David V. Conti, and Duncan C. Thomas; title: Haplotype association analysis / Peter Kraft and Jinbo Chen; title: Genomewide association studies / Michael B. Bracken, Andrew DeWan, and Josephine Hoh; title: Validation and confirmation of associations / John P.A. Ioannidis; title: Models of absolute risk : interpretation, estimation, validation, and application / Mitchell H. Gail; title: Reporting and interpreting results / Julian Little.