Choosing between per-genotype, per-allele, and trend approaches for initial detection of gene-disease association

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 633-646

  Thakkinstian, Ammarin ^a,b   Thompson, John R ^c   Minelli, Cosetta ^c   Attia, John ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bias; Gene disease association; Per allele; Per genotype; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449369066     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: 13600532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664760802484990     Document Type: Article

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