Bias correction with a single null marker for population stratification in candidate gene association studies

Human Heredity

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 165-175

  Wang, Yiting ^a   Localio, Russell ^a   Rebbeck, Timothy R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Association study; Bias; Confounding; Population stratification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NULL ALLELE; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS;

EID: 21044444322     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085940     Document Type: Article

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