On combining family and case-control studies

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 638-646

  Pfeiffer, Ruth M ^a   Pee, David ^b   Landi, Maria T ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascertainment; Family history; Marginal model; Nested random effects model; Stratified sampling

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POPULATION GENETICS; RISK FACTOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ITALY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HUMANS; ITALY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MELANOMA; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 58949090419     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20338     Document Type: Article

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