Semiparametric maximum likelihood estimation exploiting gene-environment independence in case-control studies

Biometrika

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 399-418

  Chatterjee, Nilanjan ^a   Carroll, Raymond J ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; Gene environment interaction; Genetic epidemiology; Logistic regression; Population stratification; Profile likelihood; Retrospective study; Semiparametric method

Indexed keywords

EID: 12744255341     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/92.2.399     Document Type: Article

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