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Front Matter i-xiv
Introduction--James W. Vaupel, Kenneth W. Wachter, and Maxine Weinstein 1-12
Part I: What We've Learned So Far 13-14
1 Biological Indicators and Genetic Information in Danish Twin and Oldest-Old Surveys--Kaare Christensen, Lise Bathum, and Lene Christiansen 15-41
2 Whitehall II and ELSA: Integrating Epidemiological and Psychobiological Approaches to the Assessment of Biological Indicators--Michael Marmot and Andrew Steptoe 42-59
3 The Taiwan Biomarker Project--Ming-Cheng Chang, Dana A. Glei, Noreen Goldman, and Maxine Weinstein 60-77
4 Elastic Powers: The Integration of Biomarkers into the Health and Retirement Study--David Weir 78-95
5 An Overview of Biomarker Research from Community and Population-Based Studies on Aging--Jennifer R. Harris, Tara L. Gruenewald, and Teresa Seeman 96-135
6 The Women's Health Initiative: Lessons for the Population Study of Biomarkers--Robert B. Wallace 136-148
7 Comments on Collecting and Utilizing Biological Indicators in Social Science Surveys--Duncan Thomas and Elizabeth Frankenberg 149-155
8 Biomarkers in Social Science Research on Health and Aging: A Review of Theory and Practice--Douglas C. Ewbank 156-172
Part II: The Potential and Pitfalls of Genetic Information 173-174
9 Are Genes Good Markers of Biological Traits?--Mary Jane West-Eberhard 175-193
10 Genetic Markers in Social Science Research: Opportunities and Pitfalls--George P. Vogler and Gerald E. McClearn 194-207
11 Comments on the Utility of Social Science Surveys for the Discovery and Validation of Genes Influencing Complex Traits--Harald H.H. Göring 208-230
12 Overview Thoughts on Genetics: Walking the Line Between Denial and Dreamland, or Genes Are Involved in Everything, But Not Everything Is "Genetic"--Kenneth M. Weiss 231-248
Part III: New Ways of Collecting, Applying, and Thinking About Data 249-250
13 Minimally Invasive and Innovative Methods for Biomeasure Collection in Population-Based Research--Stacy Tessler Lindau and Thomas W. McDade 251-277
14 Nutrigenomics--John Milner, Elaine B. Trujillo, Christine M. Kaefer, and Sharon Ross 278-303
15 Genoeconomics--Daniel J. Benjamin, Christopher F. Chabris, Edward L. Glaeser, Vilmundur Gudnason, Tamara B. Harris, David I. Laibson, Lenore J. Launer, and Shaun Purcell 304-335
16 Mendelian Randomization: Genetic Variants as Instruments for Strengthening Causal Inference in Observational Studies--George Davey Smith and Shah Ebrahim 336-366
17 Multilevel Investigations: Conceptual Mappings and Perspectives--John T. Cacioppo, Gary G. Berntson, and Ronald A. Thisted 367-380
18 Genomics and Beyond: Improving Understanding and Analysis of Human (Social, Economic, and Demographic) Behavior--John Hobcraft 381-400
Appendix: Biographical Sketches of Contributors 401-414

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Biosocial Surveys (2008)

Chapter: Part II: The Potential and Pitfalls of Genetic Information

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Chapter: Part II: The Potential and Pitfalls of Genetic Information