Genetic self knowledge and the future of epidemiologic confounding

doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.07.006

. 2010 Aug 13;87(2):168-72.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.07.006.

Genetic self knowledge and the future of epidemiologic confounding

Tyler J VanderWeele¹

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PMID: 20696289
PMCID: PMC2917723
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.07.006

Genetic self knowledge and the future of epidemiologic confounding

Tyler J VanderWeele. Am J Hum Genet. 2010.

. 2010 Aug 13;87(2):168-72.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.07.006.

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Tyler J VanderWeele¹

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¹ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA. tvanderw@hsph.harvard.edu

PMID: 20696289
PMCID: PMC2917723
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.07.006

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Am J Hum Genet. 2010 Sep 10;87(3):446. Weele, Tyler Vander [corrected to VanderWeele, Tyler J]

Abstract

Prior work has considered how our genetic knowledge might allow for personalized medicine. This commentary explores the reverse question of what personalized genetic medicine might do to our research process, not only in genetics, but in epidemiology more generally.

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[1] Davey Smith G., Ebrahim S., Lewis S., Hansell A.L., Palmer L.J., Burton P.R. Genetic epidemiology and public health: hope, hype, and future prospects. Lancet. 2005;366:1484–1498. - PubMed

[2] Davey Smith G., Ebrahim S., Lewis S., Hansell A.L., Palmer L.J., Burton P.R. Genetic epidemiology and public health: hope, hype, and future prospects. Lancet. 2005;366:1484–1498. - PubMed

[3] Khoury M.J., Gwinn M., Yoon P.W., Dowling N., Moore C.A., Bradley L. The continuum of translation research in genomic medicine: how can we accelerate the appropriate integration of human genome discoveries into health care and disease prevention? Genet. Med. 2007;9:665–674. - PubMed

[4] Khoury M.J., Gwinn M., Yoon P.W., Dowling N., Moore C.A., Bradley L. The continuum of translation research in genomic medicine: how can we accelerate the appropriate integration of human genome discoveries into health care and disease prevention? Genet. Med. 2007;9:665–674. - PubMed

[5] McGuire A.L., Burke W. An unwelcome side effect of direct-to-consumer personal genome testing: raiding the medical commons. JAMA. 2008;300:2669–2671. - PMC - PubMed

[6] McGuire A.L., Burke W. An unwelcome side effect of direct-to-consumer personal genome testing: raiding the medical commons. JAMA. 2008;300:2669–2671. - PMC - PubMed

[7] Katsanis S.H., Javitt G., Hudson K. Public health. A case study of personalized medicine. Science. 2008;320:53–54. - PubMed

[8] Katsanis S.H., Javitt G., Hudson K. Public health. A case study of personalized medicine. Science. 2008;320:53–54. - PubMed

[9] Flockhart D.A., Skaar T., Berlin D.S., Klein T.E., Nguyen A.T. Clinically available pharmacogenomics tests. Clin. Pharmacol. Ther. 2009;86:109–113. - PMC - PubMed

[10] Flockhart D.A., Skaar T., Berlin D.S., Klein T.E., Nguyen A.T. Clinically available pharmacogenomics tests. Clin. Pharmacol. Ther. 2009;86:109–113. - PMC - PubMed

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