A road map for efficient and reliable human genome epidemiology

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Year: 2006
Type: article
Volume: 38
Issue: 1
Pages: 3-5
Citations: 243
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                                    John P. A. Ioannidis, 
                                
                                    Marta Gwinn, 
                                
                                    Julian Little
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2006). 
                            A road map for efficient and reliable human genome epidemiology. 
                            Nature Genetics
                            , 38
                            (1)
                            , 3-5.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/ng0106-3
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/ng0106-3