title: Guest editors' introduction. Preface.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Statistics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Friede
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hougaard
mesh_terms: D056808:Biostatistics; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005796:Genes; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D012958:Societies, Scientific