The importance of a genetic component in longitudinal birth cohorts.
The risks of most common health and developmental outcomes are contributed to by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Understanding of ways in which genes influence such outcomes, and especially of how their interaction with environmental factors affects health and development should lead to the identification of causal pathways and thence appropriate intervention strategies.
Golding
Jean
J
Centre for Adolescent and Child Health, Department of Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. jean.golding@bristol.ac.uk
D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D047109:Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology*; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D014644:Genetic Variation / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA