Assessing maternal genetic associations: A comparison of the log-linear approach to case-parent triad data and a case-control approach

Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 294-303

  Starr, Jacqueline R ^a,b,c,e   Hsu, Li ^b,d   Schwartz, Stephen M ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE PARENT TRIAD DATA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOG LINEAR APPROACH; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MODELS, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 17844404045     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000158223.98649.eb     Document Type: Article

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