Semiparametric Bayesian analysis of case-control data under conditional gene-environment independence

Biometrics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 834-844

  Mukherjee, Bhramar ^a   Zhang, Li ^b   Ghosh, Malay ^c   Sinha, Samiran ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dirichlet process prior; Exponential family; Gene environment interaction; Logistic regression; Ovarian cancer; Stratification factors; Zero inflated

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDY; DIRICHLET PROCESS; DIRICHLET PROCESS PRIOR; EXPONENTIAL FAMILY; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; LOGISTICS REGRESSIONS; OVARIAN CANCERS; SEMIPARAMETRIC; STRATIFICATION FACTOR; ZERO-INFLATED;

GENES;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CANCER; DISEASE CONTROL; GENE; REPRODUCTIVE DISORDER; WOMENS HEALTH;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BAYES THEOREM; BOOTSTRAPPING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COVARIANCE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNICITY; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; OVARY CANCER; PARAMETRIC TEST; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEX RATIO; SIMULATION; STRATIFICATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34548407472     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2007.00750.x     Document Type: Article

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