Application of logistic regression to case-control association studies involving two causative loci

Human Heredity

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 79-87

  North, Bernard V ^a   Curtis, David ^a   Sham, Pak C ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association; Case control; Logistic regression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; EPISTASIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, GENETIC; SAMPLE SIZE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 21044450087     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085222     Document Type: Article

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