A Comparison of Case-Control and Case-Only Designs to Investigate Gene-Environment Interactions Using Breast Cancer Data

Background: The traditional methods of studying the gene-environment interactions need a control group. However, the selection of an appropriate control group has been associated with problems. Therefore, new methods, such as case-only design, have been created to study such interactions. The object...

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Main Authors: Jafar Hassanzadeh, Rahmatollah Moradzadeh, Abdolreza Rajaee fard, Sedigheh Tahmasebi3, Parvaneh Golmohammadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2012-06-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://ijms.sums.ac.ir/files/PDFfiles/06-Moradzadeh.pdf