Gene-environment dependence creates spurious gene-environment interaction

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 301-307

  Dudbridge, Frank ^a   Fletcher, Olivia ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALGORITHM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84908234268     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: 15376605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.07.014     Document Type: Article

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