Specimen allocation in longitudinal biomarker studies: Controlling subject-specific effects by design

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1257-1260

  Tworoger, Shelley S ^a   Yasui, Yutaka ^b   Chang, Lilly ^c   Stanczyk, Frank Z ^c   McTiernan, Anne ^b,d,e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; PRASTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRONE BLOOD LEVEL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 3142682473     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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