Logistic Regression of Family Data From Retrospective Study Designs

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 177-189

  Whittemore, Alice S ^a   Halpern, Jerry ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascertainment; Estimating equation; Family based association; Odds ratio; Retrospective data

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTING METHODOLOGIES; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, GENETIC; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0142094702     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.10267     Document Type: Article

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