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Covariance components models for longitudinal family data.
International journal of epidemiology - 1 Oct 2005
Burton Paul R, Scurrah Katrina J, Tobin Martin D, Palmer Lyle J
Abstract excerpt
A longitudinal family study is an epidemiological design that involves repeated measurements over time in a sample that includes families. Such studies, that may also include relative pairs and unrelated individuals, allow closer investigation of not only the factors that cause a disease to arise, but also the genetic and environmental determinants that modulate the subsequent progression of that disease....
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