Genetic associations: False or true?

Trends in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 135-138

  Ioannidis, John P A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

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Indexed keywords

GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

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EID: 0038813649     PISSN: 14714914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4914(03)00030-3     Document Type: Review

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