Potential gain in efficiency and power to detect gene-environment interactions by matching in case-control studies

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-80

  Stürmer, Til ^a   Brenner, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Efficiency; Genetic susceptibility; Interaction; Matching; Power; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0342904879     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(200001)18:1<63::AID-GEPI5>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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