Spouse controls in family case-control studies: A methodological consideration

Familial Cancer

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-108

  Verhage, Bas A J ^a   Aben, Katja K H ^a   Straatman, Huub ^a   Verbeek, André L M ^a   Beaty, Terri H ^b   Kiemeney, Lambertus A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Controls; Familial aggregation; Methodology; Spouse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPOUSE; THEORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PEDIGREE; SELECTION BIAS; SPOUSES;

EID: 0141892814     PISSN: 13899600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025737025219     Document Type: Article

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