Genes and environment in asthma: A study of 4 year old twins

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 398-400

  Koeppen Schomerus, G ^a   Stevenson, J ^b   Plomin, R ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Genetics; Risk factors; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWINS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0035513659     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.85.5.398     Document Type: Article

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