Methodology for inferences concerning familial correlations: a review.

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Published in J Clin Epidemiol on January 01, 1991

Authors

A Donner1, M Eliasziw

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.

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