Session 48:
Genetic Influences on Health and Mortality
Chair: Jason D. Boardman, University of Colorado at Boulder
Discussant: Michael J. Shanahan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Genetics and the Social Science Explanation of Individual Outcomes • Jeremy Freese, Northwestern University
DNA Collection in a Social Science Study: A Pilot Study of Peer Impacts on Attitudes and Drinking Behavior • Amy Lucas, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Jonathan Daw, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Hedwig Lee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Craig Owen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Emily McKendry-Smith, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Origins of Sex Imbalance in Early Age Mortality • Roland Pongou, Brown University
Effects of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations on Fertility and Later-Life Survival • Ken R. Smith, University of Utah ; Heidi Hanson, Huntsman Cancer Institute ; Geraldine P. Mineau, University of Utah ; Saundra Buys, Huntsman Cancer Institute
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