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Descriptor
English
:
Molecular Epidemiology
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Epidemiología Molecular
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Epidemiologia Molecular
Synonyms
English
:
Epidemiology, Molecular
Tree Number:
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
Definition
English
:
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.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
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)
History Note
English
:
2010 (1994)
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CL
classification
EC
economics
ED
education
ES
ethics
HI
history
IS
instrumentation
LJ
legislation & jurisprudence
MA
manpower
MT
methods
OG
organization & administration
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
Record Number:
31481
Unique Identifier:
D017720
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