Abstract

This groundbreaking work, now available in paperback, has helped to shape the emerging discipline of molecular epidemiology. Molecular Epidemiology has proven useful to epidemiologists unfamiliar with the terminology and techniques of molecular biology as well as to the molecular biologist working to understand the determinants of human disease and to use that information to control disease. This book demonstrates how molecular epidemiology utilizes the same paradigm as traditional epidemiology in addition to using biological markers to identify exposure, disease, or susceptibility.
"This book is an excellent review of the crucial issues related to the incorporation of new markers of exposure, disease, or susceptibility into epidemiologic investigations...This book is an excellent resource for all researchers involved in the quest to understand the determinants of disease and apply this knowledge to the maintenance of the health of the public."
--Science