Are twins and singletons comparable? A study of disease-related and lifestyle characteristics in adult women

Twin Research

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 464-477

  Andrew, Toby ^a   Hart, Deborah J ^a   Snieder, Harold ^a   De Lange, Marlies ^a   Spector, Tim D ^a   Macgregor, Alex J ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TWINS;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0035670640     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/1369052012803     Document Type: Article

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