The validity of analyses testing the etiology of comorbidity between two disorders: Comparisons of disorder prevalences in families

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-269

  Rhee, Soo Hyun ^a   Hewitt, John K ^a   Corley, Robin P ^a   Stallings, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Family study; Models; Prevalence; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY; MENTAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

COMORBIDITY; DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FAMILY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0038100318     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023442424008     Document Type: Article

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