Genetics and the epidemiology of chronic diseases : a symposium, June 17-19, 1963, Ann Arbor, Michigan ... / edited by James V. Neel, Margery Shaw, William J. Schull.

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1965
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Credit: Genetics and the epidemiology of chronic diseases : a symposium, June 17-19, 1963, Ann Arbor, Michigan ... / edited by James V. Neel, Margery Shaw, William J. Schull. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Preface The papers which follow were presented at a Symposium on Con¬ tributions of Genetics to Epidemiologic Studies of Chronic Diseases, held at Ann Arbor, Michigan, June 17-19, 1963, and co-sponsored by the Division of Chronic Diseases, U.S. Public Health Service, and the Schools of Medicine and Public Health of the University of Michigan. The purpose of the symposium was to consider the role and limita¬ tions of the genetic approach in studies concerned with the epidemi¬ ology of a variety of chronic diseases. The papers presented have been organized under five headings, as follows: 1) Basic genetic and epidemiologic principles; 2) Critical reviews of selected, illustrative problems; 3) Problems in experimental design; 4) Papers describing current genetico-epidemiologic studies; and 5) Genetic counseling. The first three groups are self-explanatory, but the fourth and fifth require a word of comment. The papers comprising the fourth group were delivered in a series of workshops in which the emphasis was as much on methodology and the limitations inherent in certain approaches as on actual results. An effort was made to ensure that these contributions mirrored the types of problems with which the epidemiologist and his confreres of the 1960's are occupied. The paper on genetic counseling was included in response to an expressed need for consideration of a topic which is increasingly coming to the attention of state health organizations. The arrangers of the program and the editors are most grateful for the assistance in the planning rendered by the Symposium Planning Committee, the valuable services rendered by the Department of Post¬ graduate Medicine of the University of Michigan Medical School in the conduct of the program, and gratefully acknowledge financial assistance in the publication of the symposium proceedings by the Division of Chronic Diseases, the National Cancer Institute, and the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases of the Public Health Service. ni