Robust asymptotic sampling theory for correlations in pedigrees

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 3229-3247

  Keen, Kevin J ^a   Elston, Robert C ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Familial correlations; Heritability; Interclass correlation; Intraclass correlation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MOOD DISORDER; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PEDIGREE; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SIBLINGS;

EID: 0141729324     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.1559     Document Type: Article

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