Twin registers in Europe: An overview

Twin Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-51

  Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Databases; Genetic epidemiology; Multiples; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; HUMAN; REGISTER; STATISTICS; TWINS;

EUROPE; HUMANS; REGISTRIES; TWINS;

EID: 0032057607     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.1.1.34     Document Type: Article

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