Making the most of case-mother/control-mother studies

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 541-547

  Shi, M ^a   Umbach, D M ^a   Vermeulen, S H ^b   Weinberg, C R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Genetics; Linear models; Polymorphism, single nucleotide; Risk

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; POLYMORPHISM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE MOTHER CONTROL MOTHER DESIGN; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATING SYSTEM; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOTHERS; NETHERLANDS; NORTH CAROLINA; PARENTS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 50649112770     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn149     Document Type: Article

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