Regressive logistic modeling of familial aggregation for asthma in 7,394 population-based nuclear families

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 317-332

  Jenkins, Mark A ^a   Hopper, John L ^a   Giles, Graham G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Familial aggregation; Pedigree analysis; Regressive logistic model; Segregation analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; INFANT; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TASMANIA;

EID: 0030900853     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1997)14:3<317::AID-GEPI9>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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