Twin studies in medicine - What do they tell us?

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 311-321

  Hawkes, C H ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIABETES MELLITUS; HEREDITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TWINS;

EID: 0030999448     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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