Mixed-effects Cox models of alcohol dependence in extended families

BMC Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL.1, 2005, Pages

  Zhao, Jing Hua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME 7; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXTENDED FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FAMILY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS;

ALCOHOLISM; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 30344451855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-6-S1-S127     Document Type: Article

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