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Molecular Epidemiology

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Handbook of Epidemiology

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Molecular epidemiology can be defined as the application of the techniques of molecular biology to the study of the epidemiology of disease in human populations. Molecular investigations, as we will see, have several aims and can contribute to the elucidation of disease etiology. In molecular epidemiology, the study of the determinants of disease focuses on causative, protective, or predisposing factors (including infectious agents and a variety of environmental exposures such as chemical or physical agents and lifestyle habits) and host characteristics such as genetic susceptibility. These studies are performed at the molecular level using the techniques of molecular biology.

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    Salina M. Torres

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    Esther Erdei

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Torres, S.M., Erdei, E., Berwick, M., Matullo, G., Vineis, P. (2014). Molecular Epidemiology. In: Ahrens, W., Pigeot, I. (eds) Handbook of Epidemiology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09834-0_28

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