Article
Robustness of inference on measured covariates to misspecification of genetic random effects in family studies.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jan 2003
Pfeiffer Ruth M, Hildesheim Allan, Gail Mitchell H, Pee David, Chen Chien-Jen, Goldstein Alisa M, Diehl Scott R
Abstract excerpt
Family studies to identify disease-related genes frequently collect only families with multiple cases. It is often desirable to determine if risk factors that are known to influence disease risk in the general population also play a role in the study families. If so, these factors should be incor...
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