The Semiparametric Case-Only Estimator

Biometrics

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1138-1144

  Tchetgen Tchetgen, Eric J ^a   Robins, James ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Double robustness; Gene environment independence; Gene environment interaction; Generalized odds ratio; Local efficiency

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONAL INDEPENDENCES; DOUBLE ROBUSTNESS; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INDEPENDENCE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENE-GENE INTERACTION; GENERALIZED ODD RATIO; INTERACTION FUNCTIONS; LOCAL EFFICIENCIES; ODD RATIOS; SEMIPARAMETRIC;

GENES;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION;

EID: 78650069037     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2010.01401.x     Document Type: Article

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