Power and design considerations for a general class of family-based association tests: Quantitative traits

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1330-1341

  Lange, Christoph ^a   DeMeo, Dawn L ^b   Laird, Nan M ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHILIA; FAMILY STUDY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SAMPLING; SIBLING;

EID: 0036908726     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344696     Document Type: Article

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