An Introduction to Genetic Epidemiology

Genetic epidemiology is a rapidly developing field, and one in which epidemiologists and public health students now need to acquire considerable knowledge where, in the past, a minimal overview had sufficed. Yet, until now, there has been no current text

Lyle J. Palmer is professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of Toronto, Canada. Paul R. Burton is Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at the University of Leicester, UK. George Davey Smith is Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Bristol, UK.

Key concepts in genetic epidemiology, Paul R Burton, Martin D Tobin and John L Hopper; Genetic linkage studies, M Dawn Teare and Jennifer H Barrett; Genetic association studies, Heather J. Cordell and David G Clayton; Mapping complex disease genes using linkage disequilibrium and genome-wide association scans, Lyle J Palmer, Nicholas J Timpson, David M Evans, George Davey Smith and Lon R Cardon; A question of standards: what makes a good genetic association study? Andrew T Hattersley and Mark I McCarthy; Biobanks and biobank harmonisation, Paul R Burton, Isabel Fortier, Mylene Deschênes, Anna Hansell and Lyle J Palmer; Population health aspects of genetic epidemiology: genomic profiling, personalised medicine, and Mendelian randomisation, George Davey Smith, Shah Ebrahim, Sarah Lewis and Lyle J Palmer.