Genetics or environment? Type a behavior and cardiovascular risk factors in twin children

Nursing Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 341-346

  Meininger, Janet C ^a   Hayman, Laura L ^b   Coates, Paul M ^b   Gallagher, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TYPE A BEHAVIOR;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE STYLE; LIPIDS; MALE; NURSING RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TYPE A PERSONALITY;

EID: 0024262009     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: 15389847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-198811000-00006     Document Type: Article

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