Statistical power to detect genetic and environmental influences in the presence of data missing at random

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 159-167

  Derks, Eske M ^a   Dolan, Conor V ^b   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRAIT; HEREDITY; MEDICAL RECORD; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SAMPLE SIZE; SOFTWARE; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33947252170     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.1.159     Document Type: Article

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