An Introduction to Genetic Epidemiology (Health & Society Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1861348975 ISBN 13: 9781861348975

Publisher: Policy Press, 2011

Synopsis

Genetic epidemiology is a very rapidly developing field that has acquired a central role in modern biomedical science. Until now there has been no comprehensive introductory text for students and academics who do not have specialised training in statistics or genetics. This book begins with a primer in human molecular genetics and then examines standard methods in population genetics and genetic epidemiology required for an adequate grounding in the field. Among much else, the book contains discussion of the public health aspects of the new genetics, and of epidemiological methods for studying genes and environmental factors in complex diseases.Written by leading international experts and supplemented by a glossary and in-chapter guides to further reading, this essential textbook will be widely welcomed by teachers and students on many courses internationally.

About this title

About the Author:

Lyle J. Palmer, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Paul R. Burton, Department of Health Sciences and Department of Genetics, University of Leicester and George Davey Smith, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol

Review:

This is a sobering must-read for anyone who wishes to know how genetic epidemiology may change how we understand, treat or prevent human disease. Robert Elston, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

This book should be incredibly useful to students and researchers at all levels in genetic epidemiology. For students it offers an eminently readable and accessible foundation, and for researchers, a superb source to fill in missing pieces in our knowledge. Ezra Susser, Professor of Epidemiology and Psychiatry, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute

About this edition

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1861348975
• ISBN 13: 9781861348975
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Lyle J. Palmer, Paul Burton, George Davey Smith