Association tests through combining p-values for case control genome-wide association studies

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1854-1862

  Chen, Zhongxue ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Combining p values; Genetic association; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Trend test

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878131186     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2013.04.021     Document Type: Article

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