Genetic epidemiology is a hybrid discipline with a relatively short history of less than 50 years. The first mention of "epidemiologic genetics" can be found in the 1954 book by Neel and Schull (1), who suggested that the two parent disciplines must consider each other's strategies when studying common diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease that reflect joint effects of both genes...

Urinary biomarkers of meat consumption 1 2 3 Amanda J. Cross, Jacqueline M. Major, Rashmi Sinha 4 5 Author affiliations: Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and 6 Genetics (DCEG), National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), 7 Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Rockville, MD. 8 9 Corresponding author: Amanda J. Cross, Division o...

Joshua N. Sampson, Simina M. Boca, Steven C. Moore, and Ruth Heller Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, US, [email protected] Innovation Center for Biomedical Informatics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, US, [email protected] Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, US, steven.moor...

Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 98, No. 14, July 19, 2006 Affi liation of authors: Biostatistics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Correspondence to: William F. Anderson, MD, MPH, Biostatistics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Room 8036, 6120...

Julia Brody, Ph.D., Executive Director, Silent Spring Institute Kenneth P. Cantor, Ph.D., M.P.H., Senior Investigator, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute William L. Chameides, Ph.D., Dean, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University Capt. Susan M. Conrath, Ph.D., U.S. Public Health Service, Office of Air and Radiation, Indoor Environments Division, U...

background and aims: charcot marie tooth disease (cmt) is the most prevalent hereditary neuropathy and its frequency is 1 in 2500. cmt is a heterogeneous disease and has different clinical symptoms. the prevalence of cmt and involved genes differ in different countries. cmt patients experience considerable sleep problems and a higher risk of decreased quality of life. in this work it was aimed ...