A latent class model for bivariate binary responses from twins

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 493-514

  Ekholm, Anders ^a   Jokinen, Jukka ^b   McDonald, John W ^c   Smith, Peter W F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohen's kappa; Comorbidity; Dependence ratio; Genetic predisposition and association; Heritability; Monozygotic and dizygotic twins; Penetrance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863394639     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: 14679876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9876.2011.01034.x     Document Type: Article

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