Tests in a case-control design including relatives

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 621-635

  Biedermann, Stefanie ^a   Nagel, Eva ^a   Munk, Axel ^b   Holzmann, Hajo ^b   Steland, Ansgar ^a,c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Association tests; Contingency tables; Dependent data; Risk measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750973902     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: 14679469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9469.2006.00500.x     Document Type: Article

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