Case-control study of genetic and environmental influences on premature death of adult adoptees

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 123-132

  Petersen, Liselotte ^a   Nielsen, Gert G ^b,c   Andersen, Per Kragh ^b,d   Sorensen, Thorkild I A ^a,e  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^d DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^e The Capital Region   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adoption; Cancer; Causes of death; Infection; Life span; Mortality; Vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DENMARK; DYING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOPTION; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036690936     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.1122     Document Type: Article

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