Although it is recognized that many common complex diseases are a result of multiple
genetic and environmental risk factors, studies of gene‐environment interaction remain a …

Genes associated with behavioral dimensions and disorders are beginning to be identified.
Although it is difficult and expensive to find genes associated with behavior, it is relatively …

Background There is much evidence to suggest that risk for common clinical disorders
begins in foetal life. Exposure to environmental risk factors however is often not random …

Epidemiological and animal studies show that small changes in the developmental
environment can induce phenotypic changes affecting an individual's responses to their …

Epigenetics has the potential to explain various biological phenomena that have heretofore
defied complete explication. This review describes the various types of endogenous human …

The perinatal period is a time of fast physiological change, including epigenetic
programming. Adverse events may lead to epigenetic changes, with implications for health …

Genetic and environmental factors are both known to contribute to susceptibility to complex
diseases. Therefore, the study of gene-environment interaction (G× E) has been a focus of …

The ongoing epidemic of chronic diseases involves a spectrum of clinical entities now
understood to represent late manifestations of progressive metabolic dysfunction initiated in …

Assessing long-term health effects from a potentially harmful environment is challenging.
Endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) have become omnipresent in our environment …