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Host-environment medicine: a primary care model for the age of genomics
Peter M Rabinowitz1, Alex Poljak
1Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn 06510, USA. Peter.rabinowitz@yale.edu
Journal of General Internal Medicine
|March 22, 2003
Abstract:
Rapid developments in genomic and proteomic testing promise to impact the way in which clinicians assess disease risk and drug selection in their patients. Because most diseases result from host-environment interactions, however, primary care providers will need to avoid the trap of biological determinism by examining the important role of environmental factors in their clinical assessments and interventions. This article discusses the application of host-environment concepts to recent developments in the areas of genomics and proteomics.