A method for meta-analysis of molecular association studies

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1291-1306

  Thakkinstian, Ammarin ^a   McElduff, Patrick ^b   D'Este, Catherine ^c   Duffy, David ^d   Attia, John ^c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Cohort studies; Gene frequency; Model; Polymorphism (genetics); Regression

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MODEL; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL;

EID: 17844365867     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2010     Document Type: Article

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