Estimating genetic influence on disease from population-based case- control data: Application to cancers of the breast and ovary

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 3321-3336

  Gong, Gail ^a   Whittemore, Alice S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MODEL; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH;

EID: 0033573233     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19991215)18:23<3321::aid-sim319>3.0.co;2-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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