Bivariate models for co-aggregation of dichotomous traits in twins

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 336-351

  Shoukri, M M ^a,b   Donner, A ^b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Asymptotic inference; Correlated binary data; Monte Carlo studies; Sample size estimation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUSTRALIA; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DYSLEXIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC TRAIT; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWINS;

ADULT; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33846233832     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2546     Document Type: Article

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