Estimating genetic influence on disease
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Gail Gong; Alice S. Whittemore
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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We describe genetic mixture models and goodness-of-ÿt statistics for evaluating the joint e ects of genetic and environmental factors on the risk of chronic diseases. We focus particularly on situations wherein the gene(s) of interest play roles in several diseases, and death due to one disease can