Ascertainment bias in family-based case-control studies

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 155, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 875-880

  Siegmund, Kimberly D ^a   Langholz, Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Case control studies; Family relations

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ALGORITHMS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036570155     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/155.9.875     Document Type: Article

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