Apparent latent structure within the UK Biobank sample has implications for epidemiological analysis

Nature Communications

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Haworth, Simon ^a   Mitchell, Ruth ^a   Corbin, Laura ^a   Wade, Kaitlin H ^a   Dudding, Tom ^a   Budu Aggrey, Ashley ^a   Carslake, David ^a   Hemani, Gibran ^a   Paternoster, Lavinia ^a   Smith, George Davey ^a   Davies, Neil ^a   Lawson, Daniel J ^a   J Timpson, Nicholas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOBANK; BIRTH SETTING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANT WOMAN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANT WOMEN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85060158876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-08219-1     Document Type: Article

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