En (inter)nationell resurs: Svenskt tvillingregister ger upplysning om miljöns och arvets betydelse vid sjukdom

Lakartidningen

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1127-1130

  Pedersen, Nancy L ^a   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a   De Faire, Ulf ^a   Ahlbom, Anders ^b   Floderus, Birgitta ^c   Svartengren, Magnus ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; SWEDEN; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030594221     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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