A note on issues in meta-analysis for behavioral genetic studies using categorical phenotypes

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 155-162

  Ridenour, Ty Andrew ^a   Heath, Andrew C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorical phenotypes; Meta analysis; Multifactorial threshold model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MODEL; PHENOTYPE; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWINS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0032730033     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021635800770     Document Type: Article

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