Comparing self-reported ethnicity to genetic background measures in the context of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Questions remain regarding the utility of self-reported ethnicity (SRE) in genetic and epidemiologic research. It is not clear whether conditioning on SRE provides adequate protection from inflated type I error rates due to populatio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-03-01
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| Series: | BMC Genetics |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/12/28 |