Comparison of statistical methods for estimating genetic admixture in a lung cancer study of African Americans and Latinos

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 168, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1035-1046

  Aldrich, Melinda C ^a,g   Selvin, Steve ^b   Hansen, Helen M ^a   Barcellos, Lisa F ^b   Wrensch, Margaret R ^a   Sison, Jennette D ^a   Quesenberry, Charles P ^c   Kittles, Rick A ^d   Silva, Gabriel ^e   Buffler, Patricia A ^b   Seldin, Michael F ^f   Wiencke, John K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e Obras Sociales del Hermano Pedro   (Guatemala)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Case control studies; Epidemiologic methods; Genetics, population; Hispanic Americans; Linkage disequilibrium; Lung neoplasms; Statistics

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HEALTH SURVEY; LATINO PEOPLE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BAYES THEOREM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAN FRANCISCO;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54949107881     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn224     Document Type: Article

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