Robust genomic control and robust delta centralization tests for case-control association studies

Human Heredity

Volumn 63, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 187-195

  Zang, Yong ^a   Zhang, Hong ^a,b   Yang, Yaning ^a   Zheng, Gang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochran Armitage trend tests; Cryptic relatedness; Genetic models; Population stratification; Robust tests

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33947418534     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099831     Document Type: Article

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