Ranking bias in association studies

Human Heredity

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 267-275

  Jeffries, Neal O ^a  

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

Author keywords

Estimation bias; Multiple comparisons

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; EFFECT SIZE; MARKER GENE; RANKIN SCALE; SIMULATION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 58549093598     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: 14230062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000194979     Document Type: Article

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