Problems in the assessment of relative risk of chronic disease among biological relatives of affected individuals

Journal of Chronic Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1982, Pages 539-551

  Weiss, Kenneth M ^a   Chakraborty, Ranajit ^a   Majumder, Partha P ^a   Smouse, Peter E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; ETIOLOGY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENETIC DISORDER; HEREDITY; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; CHRONIC DISEASE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMAN; PEDIGREE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0019981730     PISSN: 00219681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9681(82)90073-X     Document Type: Article

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