Biomarker epidemiology

Biomarker epidemiology is a branch of epidemiology. A comparative newer advance in the field, biomarker epidemiology helps in trait analysis by identifying biomarkers in population based studies.[1] Biomarker epidemiology is undergoing rapid development and expansion and is becoming one of the most promising areas of environmental research.[2]

Application

Biomarker epidemiology can be applied in several fields. One is genetic epidemiology, which conducts linkage analysis and family-based association studies, and is applied in gene discovery; molecular epidemiology, which researches to characterize gene-disease associations and gene-environment interactions using biomarkers, and is applied in gene characterization; and applied epidemiology/health services research, which studies to evaluate clinical validity and utility of genetic information in practice, and is applied in evaluation of health effects.[3]

Sources
  1. Sarbadhikari, S. N. Depression and Dementia: Progress in Brain Research, Clinical Applications, and Future Trends.
  2. "Biomarkers in epidemiology". researchgate.net. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  3. Modern Epidemiology (Kenneth J. Rothman, Sander Greenland, Timothy L. Lash ed.).
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