Genetic and environmental factors in health-related behaviors: Studies on Finnish twins and twin families

Twin Research

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 366-371

  Kaprio, Jaakko ^a   Pulkkinen, Lea ^b   Rose, Richard J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY; FINLAND; GENE ACTIVITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEREDITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASES IN TWINS; EATING DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FINLAND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS;

EID: 0036807194     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905202320906101     Document Type: Article

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