Estimating the Relative Recurrence Risk Ratio Using a Global Cross-Ratio Model

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 293-302

  Wallace, Chris ^a   Clayton, David ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copula models; Marginal models; Present state data; Sibling recurrence risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COVARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC RISK; INCIDENCE; LEPROSY; MALAWI; RECURRENCE RISK; RELATIVE; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; LEPROSY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAWI; MODELS, GENETIC; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0344394994     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.10270     Document Type: Article

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