Demonstrating stratification in a European American population

Nature Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 868-872

  Campbell, Catarina D ^a,b   Ogburn, Elizabeth L ^a   Lunetta, Kathryn L ^c,g   Lyon, Helen N ^a,b   Freedman, Matthew L ^d,e   Groop, Leif C ^f   Altshuler, David ^b,d,e   Ardlie, Kristin G ^c   Hirschhorn, Joel N ^a,b,d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Genomics Collaborative Inc   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRATIFICATION;

EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 23044468633     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1607     Document Type: Article

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