Assessment of systematic effects of methodological characteristics on candidate genetic associations

Human Genetics

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 167-178

  Aljasir, Badr ^a,b   Ioannidis, John P A ^c,d   Yurkiewich, Alex ^a   Moher, David ^a,e   Higgins, Julian P T ^f   Arora, Paul ^g   Little, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b KING ABDULLAH INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; META ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK;

GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874779627     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-012-1237-4     Document Type: Article

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