Conventional case-cohort design and analysis for studies of interaction

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1174-1186

  Cologne, John ^a   Preston, Dale L ^b   Imai, Kazue ^a   Misumi, Munechika ^a   Yoshida, Kengo ^a   Hayashi, Tomonori ^a   Nakachi, Kei ^a  

^a RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^b HiroSoft International Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Case cohort study; Gene environment interaction; Pseudo likelihood; Statistical interaction; Stratification

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH RISK; LITERATURE REVIEW; PUBLIC HEALTH; REACTION KINETICS; SAMPLING; SOFTWARE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CASE STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; JAPANESE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR WARFARE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RADIATION INJURIES; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RESEARCH DESIGN;

JAPAN;

EID: 84865784349     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys102     Document Type: Article

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