Progress report on research on human genetics in Iceland

• Main Author: None
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; HUMAN POPULATIONS; GENETICS; ICELAND; DEMOGRAPHY; CARCINOMAS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DATA ACQUISITION; MAMMARY GLANDS; MENTAL DISORDERS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; BIOLOGY; BODY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EUROPE; GLANDS; ISLANDS; NEOPLASMS; ORGANS; POPULATIONS; WESTERN EUROPE; Iceland
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5008524; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5008524; https://doi.org/10.2172/5008524

Records of the Icelandic population are being used to investigate the possible inheritance of disabilities and diseases as well as other characteristics and the effect of environment on man. The progress report of research covers the period from 1977 to 1980. The investigation was begun in 1965 by the Genetical Committee of the University of Iceland and the materials used are demographic records from the year 1840 to present and various medical information. The records are being computerized and linked together to make them effective for use in hereditary studies.