The Swedish Twin Registry: A unique resource for clinical, epidemiological and genetic studies

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 252, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 184-205

  Lichtenstein, P ^a   De Faire, U ^a,b   Floderus, B ^a,c   Svartengren, M ^a   Svedberg, P ^a   Pedersen, N L ^a,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA BASE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; SWEDISH TWIN REGISTRY; TWINS;

COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; DISEASES IN TWINS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWEDEN; TWIN STUDIES;

EID: 0036379749     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2002.01032.x     Document Type: Review

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