Choosing a retrospective design to assess joint genetic and environmental contributions to risk

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 197-203

  Weinberg, C R ^a   Umbach, David M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Causality; Epidemiologic research design; Genetics; Linkage disequilibrium; Logistic models; Polymorphism (genetics); Sampling

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEREDITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034255484     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/152.3.197     Document Type: Review

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