Exact tests for the analysis of case-control studies of genetic markers

Human Heredity

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 151-156

  Neuhäuser, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Armitage's trend test; Baumgartner Weiss Schindler statistic; Candidate gene associations; Exact test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GENETIC MARKERS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 0036928634     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068838     Document Type: Article

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