A note on the estimation of relative risks of rare genetic susceptibility markers

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 99-103

  Begg, Colin B ^a   Berwick, Marianne ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MARKER GENE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND CANCER;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; RISK; STATISTICS;

EID: 0031014587     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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