Evaluation of two methods for assessing gene-environment interactions using data from the Danish case-control study of facial clefts

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 541-546

  Etheredge, Analee J ^a   Christensen, Kaare ^b   Junco, Deborah Del ^a   Murray, Jeffrey C ^c   Mitchell, Laura E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Epidemiology; Gene environment interaction; Genetics; Log linear model

Indexed keywords

MULTIVITAMIN; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLEFT FACE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MSX1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAR ALPHA GENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; TGF ALPHA GENE; TGF BETA3 GENE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLEFT PALATE; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH DESIGN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 23944519343     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20167     Document Type: Article

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