Genetic susceptibility to prostate, breast, and colorectal cancer among nordic twins

Biometrics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-63

  Baker, Stuart G ^a   Lichtenstein, Paul ^b   Kaprio, Jaakko ^c   Holm, Niels ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Colorectal cancer; EM algorithm; Genetics; Hardy Weinberg; Latent class; Prostate cancer; Twins

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UROLOGY;

BREAST CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; EM ALGORITHMS; GENETIC; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HARDY-WEINBERG; LATENT CLASS; NEW APPROACHES; PROSTATE CANCERS; TWIN;

GENES;

BOOTSTRAPPING; CANCER; GENETICS;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE COURSE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FRACTIONATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PROBABILITY; PROSTATE CANCER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 15044344165     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2005.030924.x     Document Type: Article

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