Download or read book Human Genome Epidemiology written by Muin J. Khoury and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the important role that epidemiologic methods play in the continuum from gene discovery to the development and application of genetic tests. It proceeds systematically from the fundamentals of genome technology and gene discovery, to epidemiologic approaches to gene characterization in the population, to the evaluation of genetic tests and their use in health services.