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Descriptor English:
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Molecular Epidemiology
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Descriptor Spanish:
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epidemiología molecular
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Epidemiologia Molecular
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Synonyms English:
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Epidemiologies, Genetic
Epidemiologies, Molecular
Epidemiology, Genetic
Epidemiology, Molecular
Genetic Epidemiologies
Genetic Epidemiology
Molecular Epidemiologies
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Tree Number:
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E05.318.416
E05.393.522
H01.158.201.636.475.500
H01.158.273.343.595.475.500
H01.181.122.650.475.550
H02.403.720.500.300
N06.850.520.470
SP5.001.012.043
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Definition English:
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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. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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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 "molecular epidemiology of rabies virus in France" = RABIES VIRUS /genet (IM) + RNA, VIRAL /genet (NIM) (molecular aspect from text) + RABIES /epidemiol (IM) (epidemiologic aspect from text) + FRANCE /epidemiol (NIM)
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History Note English:
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2010 (1994)
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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31481
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Unique Identifier:
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D017720
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