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Molecular Epidemiology

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Definition: The application of molecular biology to the answering of epidemiological questions. The examination of patterns of changes in DNA to implicate particular carcinogens and the use of molecular markers to predict which individuals are at highest risk for a disease are common examples.  the discipline; also used for epidemiologic application of molecular biology (NIM, no qualifiers); prefer specific epidemiologic concept & specific molecular or genetic concept (IM) coordinated with main headings / epidemiol (IM) & / genet (IM), as "mol   
Examples Genome-Wide Association Study; Mendelian Randomization Analysis 		Other names Epidemiology, Molecular; Molecular Epidemiologies; Genetic Epidemiologies; Epidemiology, Genetic; Epidemiologies, Molecular; Epidemiologies, Genetic; Genetic Epidemiology

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