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Sources of Error in Genetic Epidemiology

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The effort to understand the link between genetic variants and human health and behavior has a good theoretical background as a high heritability has been demonstrated for a large number of traits.

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  1. School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1772, Box 951772, USA

    Jørn Olsen

  2. Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Sdr. Boulevard 23 A, 5000, Odense C, Denmark

    Kaare Christensen

  3. Department of Pediatrics, 2182 MedLabs, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52245, USA

    Jeff Murray MD

  4. Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden

    Anders Ekbom

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Olsen, J., Christensen, K., Murray, J., Ekbom, A. (2010). Sources of Error in Genetic Epidemiology. In: An Introduction to Epidemiology for Health Professionals. Springer Series on Epidemiology and Public Health, vol 1. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1497-2_22

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