Strength of linkage disequilibrium between two vitamin D receptor markers in five ethnic groups: Implications for association studies

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-98

  Ingles, Sue Ann ^a   Haile, Robert W ^a   Henderson, Brian E ^a   Kolonel, Laurence N ^b   Nakaichi, Gail ^a   Shi, Chen Yang ^c   Yu, Mimi C ^a   Ross, Ronald K ^a   Coetzee, Gerhard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL;

EID: 0031014935     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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