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Epidemiology, Molecular

Medical Definition:	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.
Guide Notes:	SPEC: SPEC qualif; GEN or unspecified; IM; also as an epidemiol application of molec biol (NIM, no qualif); prefer specific epidemiol concept & specific molec or genet concept (IM) as coord with main headings /epidemiol (IM) & /genet (IM), as "molecular e

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