A robust method for finely stratified familial studies with proband-based sampling

Biostatistics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 364-373

  Wang, Molin ^a   Hanfelt, John J ^b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2 Index asymptotics; Adjusted profile estimating function; Ascertainment bias; Bias reduction; Familial aggregation; Nuisance parameter; Proband; Sparse data; Stratified study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; RISK; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 61449091513     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: 14684357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxn043     Document Type: Article

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