Untangling genetic influences on smoking, body mass index and longevity: A multivariate study of 2464 Danish twins followed for 28 years

Human Genetics

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 467-475

  Herskind, Anne Maria ^a   McGue, Matthew ^b   Iachine, Ivan A ^a   Holm, Niels ^a   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^c   Harvald, Bent ^a   Vaupel, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; COVARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; TWINS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGISTRIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING;

EID: 0029814611     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050241     Document Type: Article

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