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Miao, Jiacheng; Wu, Yixuan; Lu, Qiongshi

Statistical methods for gene-environment interaction analysis. (English) Zbl 07912684

Wiley Interdiscip. Rev., WIREs Comput. Stat. 16, No. 1, Article ID e1635, 14 p. (2024).

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62-08 Computational methods for problems pertaining to statistics

Keywords:

gene-environment interaction (G \(\times\) E); precision medicine; statistical genetics
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