Genetic Association Analysis Using Sibship Data: A Multilevel Model Approach

Yang Zhao; Hao Yu; Ying Zhu; Monica Ter-Minassian; Zhihang Peng; Hongbing Shen; Nancy Diao; Feng Chen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031134

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Genetic Association Analysis Using Sibship Data: A Multilevel Model Approach

Yang Zhao,

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Hao Yu,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Ying Zhu,

Affiliation Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Monica Ter-Minassian,

Affiliation Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Zhihang Peng,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Hongbing Shen,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Nancy Diao,

Affiliation Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Feng Chen

* E-mail: fengchen@njmu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Genetic Association Analysis Using Sibship Data: A Multilevel Model Approach

Yang Zhao,
Hao Yu,
Ying Zhu,
Monica Ter-Minassian,
Zhihang Peng,
Hongbing Shen,
Nancy Diao,
Feng Chen

Published: February 1, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031134

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Publisher's Note: Error in Acknowledgements.

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r. Pengchen Xun
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Dr. Pengcheng Xun's name was spelled incorrectly in the Acknowledgments.

No competing interests declared.

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