Commentary: Hogben vs the tyranny of averages

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1454-1458

  Tabery, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; BIOMEDICINE; BIOSTATISTICS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EDUCATION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; NOTE; NUTRITION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

EID: 83455162664     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr027     Document Type: Note

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