Flexible matching strategies to increase power and efficiency to detect and estimate gene-environment interactions in case-control studies

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 155, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 593-602

  Stürmer, Til ^a,b   Brenner, Hermann ^a,b  

^a GERMAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON AGEING   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Confidence intervals; Efficiency; Environmental exposure; Epidemiologic methods; Genetic predisposition; Research design; Sample size

Indexed keywords

GENETICS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICS;

EID: 0036532464     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/155.7.593     Document Type: Article

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