Identification of a cohort of male and female twins aged 65 years or more in the United States

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-183

  Goldberg, Jack ^a,b   Miles, Toni P ^c   Furner, Sylvia ^a   Meyer, Joanne M ^d   Hinds, Alan ^a   Ramakrishnan, Viswanathan ^a   Lauderdale, Diane S ^a   Levy, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aged; medical record linkage; Medicare; minority groups; twins; United States Health Care Financing Administration

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; MINORITY GROUP; POPULATION GENETICS; SOCIAL SECURITY; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031031162     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009088     Document Type: Article

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