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Biosocial Surveys (2007)
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. "16 Mendelian Randomization: Genetic Variants as Instruments for Strengthening Causal Inference in Observational Studies--George Davey Smith and Shah Ebrahim." Biosocial Surveys. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2007.

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Front Matter (R1-R14)
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)