Further development of the case-only design for assessing gene-environment interaction: Evaluation of and adjustment for bias

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1014-1024

  Gatto, Nicolle M ^a   Campbell, Ulka B ^a   Rundle, Andrew G ^a,b   Ahsan, Habibul ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias (epidemiology); Case only design; Environment; Epidemiological methods; Genes; Interaction; Research design

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENETICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 7244251643     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh306     Document Type: Article

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