Genetic and environmental factors in complex diseases: The older Finnish Twin Cohort

Twin Research

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 358-365

  Kaprio, Jaakko ^a   Koskenvuo, Markku ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FINLAND; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; TWINS; ZYGOSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TWIN STUDIES;

EID: 0036807961     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905202320906093     Document Type: Article

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