Misclassification in case-control studies of gene-environment interactions: Assessment of bias and sample size

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1043-1050

  Garcia Closas, Montserrat ^a   Rothman, Nathaniel ^a   Lubin, Jay ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BENZO(A)PYRENE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COCARCINOGENESIS; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MATHEMATICS; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033406444     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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