Combining Human Genetics and Causal Inference to Understand Human Disease and Development: A Subject Collection from Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine (Perspectives Cshl) - Hardcover

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9781621823810: Combining Human Genetics and Causal Inference to Understand Human Disease and Development: A Subject Collection from Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine (Perspectives Cshl)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1621823814 ISBN 13: 9781621823810
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,U.S., 2022

Synopsis

Mendelian randomization and related techniques allow researchers to use knowledge about genetic factors that contribute to a disease to predict whether other risk factors, such as environmental exposure, play a part. This volume examines how these approaches allow researchers to make causal inferences about modifiable exposures and how this can benefit public health.

Topics covered in this essential volume include:
- The Meaning of "Cause" in Genetics
- Twins and Causal Inference: Leveraging Nature's Experiment
- Mendelian Randomization: Concepts and Scope
- Integrating Family-Based and Mendelian Randomization Designs
- Computational Tools for Causal Inference in Genetics
- Using Mendelian Randomization to Improve the Design of Randomized Trials

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Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,U.S.
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1621823814
ISBN 13 
9781621823810
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
254
Editor
Davey Smith George, Richmond Rebecca, Pingault Jean-Baptiste