Effects of misclassification on estimates of relative risk in family history studies

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 368-381

  Szatmari, Peter ^a,c   Jones, Marshall B ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family history; Misclassification; Relative risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MENTAL DISORDERS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033007366     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1999)16:4<368::AID-GEPI4>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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