A note on allelic tests in case-control association studies

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 407-409

  Guedj, M ^a,b   Nuel, G ^a   Prum, B ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Allelic test; Armitage'strend test; Association; Case control; Hardy Weinberg equilibrium; Slutzky'stheorem

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTINGENCY TABLE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDITY;

ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS;

EID: 42149182427     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2008.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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