Potential misinterpretation of the case-only study to assess gene- environment interaction

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 878-885

  Schmidt, Silke ^a,c   Schaid, Daniel J ^b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Epidemiologic methods; Gene environment interaction; Interaction; Odds ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033569885     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010093     Document Type: Article

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