Interpretation of negative results in genetic epidemiology

Heung-Woo Park

doi:10.4168/aard.2015.3.2.93

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Park: Interpretation of negative results in genetic epidemiology

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Allergy, Asthma & Respiratory Disease 2015; 3(2): 93-94.

Published online: 24 March 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4168/aard.2015.3.2.93

Interpretation of negative results in genetic epidemiology

Heung-Woo Park

Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Correspondence to: Heung-Woo Park. Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Korea. Tel: +82-2-2072-0699, Fax: +82-742-3291, guinea71@snu.ac.kr

Received 26 February 2015 Revised 27 February 2015 Accepted 27 February 2015

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