Birthweight, early environment, and genetics: A study of twins discordant for acute myocardial infarction

Lancet

Volumn 357, Issue 9273, 2001, Pages 1997-2001

  Hubinette A ^a   Cnattingius, S ^a   Ekbom, A ^a   De Faire, U ^a,b   Kramer, M ^c   Lichtenstein, P ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TWIN DISCORDANCE; ZYGOSITY;

EID: 0035938928     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)05111-4     Document Type: Article

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