Strengthening the reporting of genetic association studies (STREGA): An extension of the STROBE statement

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-55

  Little, Julian ^a,b   Higgins, Julian P T ^c   Ioannidis, John P A ^d,e   Moher, David ^b   Gagnon, France ^f   Von Elm, Erik ^g,h   Khoury, Muin J ⁱ   Cohen, Barbara ^j   Davey Smith, George ^k   Grimshaw, Jeremy ^l   Scheet, Paul ^m   Gwinn, Marta ⁱ   Williamson, Robin E ⁿ   Zou, Guang Yong ^o,p   Hutchings, Kim ^b   Johnson, Candice Y ^b   Tait, Valerie ^b   Wiens, Miriam ^b   Golding, Jean ⁿ   Van Duijn, Cornelia ^q   McLaughlin, John ^r,s   Paterson, Andrew ^t   Wells, George ^u   Fortier, Isabel ^v   Freedman, Matthew ^w   Zecevic, Maja ⁿ   King, Richard ⁿ   Infante Rivard, Claire ^v   Stewart, Alex ^u   Birkett, Nick ^b   more..

^a Chaires de recherche du Canada   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^j Public Library of Science ^*  (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^l OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

ⁿ University of Western Ontario ^*

^o UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^p ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^q ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^r CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^s MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^t HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^u UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^v MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^w DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Gene disease associations; Gene environment interaction; Genetics; Genome wide association; Meta analysis; Reporting recommendations; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

EID: 60449112389     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-008-9302-y     Document Type: Article

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