Statistical designs for familial aggregation

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 543-562

  Liang, K Y ^a   Beaty, T H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; CANCER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL INCIDENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034464401     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096228000673742707     Document Type: Review

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