Development and representativeness of a large population-based cohort of native Californian twins

Twin Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 242-250

  Cockburn, Myles G ^a   Hamilton, Ann S ^a   Zadnick, John ^a   Cozen, Wendy ^a   Mack, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CALIFORNIA; CENSUSES; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TWINS;

DASHEEN MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 0035718049     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/1369052012461     Document Type: Article

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