GENETIC AND AGING EPIDEMIOLOGY - THE MERGING OF 2 DISCIPLINES

For future research in aging epidemiology to be meaningful, it will ha ve to integrate knowledge and skills from multiple areas, including th e application of genetic and molecular epidemiologic techniques to the study of the elderly. This article begins with an overview of genetic and molecular epidemiology, followed by a discussion of several uniqu e methodologic issues that need to be considered in the interpretation of genetic and molecular findings of epidemiologic studies of the eld erly.