Association within twin pairs for a dichotomous trait

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 489-499

  Olson, Jane M ^a,b   Witte, John S ^a   Elston, Robert C ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

associations; homogeneity; odds ratio; randomization tests; twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS;

GENETTA;

EID: 0029861486     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1996)13:5<489::AID-GEPI5>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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