A limited dependent variable model for heritability estimation with non-random ascertained samples

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-151

  Bechger, Timo M ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^b   Koning, Henk ^c  

^a Cito group   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Asthma; DeFries Fulker regression; Heckman model; Immunoglobulin E; Limited dependent variables model; Missing data; Sample selection; Volunteering bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC MODEL; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; NETHERLANDS; PHENOTYPE; RISK;

EID: 0036097429     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015257908396     Document Type: Article

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