Commentary: Genome-wide significance thresholds via Bayes factors

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 286-291

  Wakefield, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; FAMILY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS;

EID: 84858639122     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr241     Document Type: Note

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