A new association test based on Chi-square partition for case-control GWA studies

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 658-663

  Chen, Zhongxue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chi square partition; Genetic association; Trend test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80054727875     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20615     Document Type: Article

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