On Combining Family-Based and Population-Based Case-Control Data in Association Studies

Biometrics

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1024-1033

  Zheng, Yingye ^a   Heagerty, Patrick J ^a,b   Hsu, Li ^a   Newcomb, Polly A ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional likelihood; Family studies; Outcome dependent sampling; Population based case control

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; DISEASES; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK PERCEPTION;

CASE-CONTROL; CONDITIONAL LIKELIHOOD; CONTROL DATA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FAMILY STUDY; GENETIC FACTORS; OUTCOME-DEPENDENT SAMPLING; POPULATION-BASED CASE-CONTROL; STATISTICAL EFFICIENCY; STUDY DESIGN;

EFFICIENCY;

BIOMETRY; CANCER; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH RISK; POPULATION MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING;

EID: 77953005761     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2010.01393.x     Document Type: Article

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