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Family-based gene-by-environment interaction studies: revelations and remedies.
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) - 1 May 2011
Shi Min, Umbach David M, Weinberg Clarice R
Abstract excerpt
Bias can arise in case-control studies of genotype effects if the underlying population is structured (genetically stratified or admixed). Nuclear-family-based studies enjoy robustness against such bias, provided that inference conditions properly on the parents. Investigators have extended family-based methods to study gene-by-environment interactions, regarding such extensions as retaining robustness. We...
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