Assessing familial aggregation of age at onset, by using estimating equations, with application to breast cancer

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1057-1071

  Hsu, Li ^a,b   Zhao, Lue Ping ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b Public Health Sciences Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; DATA BASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ONSET AGE; PARAMETER; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

AGE OF ONSET; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 19144367117     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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