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Some comments on certain statistical aspects of the study of the microbiome

Published:2019-07-10 Issue:4 Volume:21 Page:1487-1494
ISSN:1467-5463
Container-title:Briefings in Bioinformatics
language:en
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Author:

Ferreira José A¹,Fuentes Susana²

Affiliation:

1. Department of Statistics and Informatics, RIVM. National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9 3721 MA Bilthoven The Netherlands

2. Centre for Infectious Disease Control, RIVM. National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9 3721 MA Bilthoven The Netherlands

Abstract

ABSTRACT This note complements and clarifies part of the work of Hawinkel et al. recently published in the journal and suggests some more or less standard tools and methods for carrying out association studies of the microbiome.

Funder

National Institute for Public Health and the Environment

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Molecular Biology,Information Systems

Link

http://academic.oup.com/bib/article-pdf/21/4/1487/33585733/bbz077.pdf

Reference14 articles.

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3. A multiple testing approach to high-dimensional association studies with an application to the detection of associations between risk factors of heart disease and genetic polymorphisms;Ferreira;Stat Appl Genet Mol Biol,2009