Sample size requirements to detect gene-environment interactions in genome-wide association studies

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 201-210

  Murcray, Cassandra E ^a   Lewinger, Juan Pablo ^a   Conti, David V ^a   Thomas, Duncan C ^a   Gauderman, W James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control; Efficiency; G E interaction; Genome wide association study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SAMPLE SIZE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79952494521     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20569     Document Type: Article

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