The Case-Only Odds Ratio as a Causal Parameter

Biometrics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 233-240

  Rosenbaum, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case only study; Causal effect; Gene environment interaction; Observational study

Indexed keywords

ONCOGENIC VIRUSES;

CASE-ONLY STUDY; CAUSAL EFFECT; CLASSIFIEDS; ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC ATTRIBUTES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ODD RATIOS; PROTO-ONCOGENES; SIMPLE++;

GENES;

DISEASE; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CANCER; CANCER RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; ONCOGENE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 1642374595     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2004.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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