Author/Authors :
Honardoost, Maryam Endocrine Research Center - Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism - Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Rajabpour, Azam Molecular Medicine Department - Faculty of Medical Science - Qazvin Medical University, Qazvin, Iran , Vakil, Ladan Molecular Medicine Department - Faculty of Medical Science - Qazvin Medical University, Qazvin, Iran
Abstract :
Molecular epidemiology is a subdivision of medical science and epidemiology that emphases on the involvement of potential environmental
and genetic risk factors, recognized at the molecular level, to the etiology and avoidance of sickness through populations.
This arena has developed from the combination of molecular biology and traditional epidemiological research. Molecular epidemiology
can improve our knowledge about the precise pathogenesis of disease through recognizing particular pathways that affect the risk of
developing the disease. Furthermore, it tries to find how the collaborations between genetic characteristics and environmental exposures
works in disease occurrence.
