Ascertainment adjustment in complex diseases

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 201-208

  Glidden, David V ^a   Liang, Kung Yee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascertainment; Random effects model; Variance components model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VARIANCE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

GENETTA;

EID: 0036791839     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.10204     Document Type: Article

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