Bias associated with study protocols in epidemiologic studies of disease familial aggregation

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 151, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 927-937

  Bai, Yan ^a,d   Sherman, Stephanie ^b   Khoury, Muin J ^c   Dana Flanders, W ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Genetics; Research design; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILIAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0034190442     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010297     Document Type: Article

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