An efficient family-based association test using multiple markers

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 620-626

  Xu, Xin ^a   Rakovski, Cyril ^a   Xu, Xiping ^b   Laird, Nan ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

FBAT; Multi marker family based association

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; FAMILY STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRAIT; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENT; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; SIBLING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

FAMILY; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PARENTS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 33750322788     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20174     Document Type: Article

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