Risk models in genetic epidemiology

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 589-601

  Claus, E B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ALLELE; BAYES THEOREM; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFECT; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAZARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK;

EID: 0034464417     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096228000675337994     Document Type: Review

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