The Swedish Young Male Twins Register: A resource for studying risk factors for cardiovascular disease and insulin resistance

Twin Research

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 433-435

  Rasmussen, Finn ^a   Johansson Kark, Malin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY BUILD; BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHEEK MUCOSA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; TWIN ZYGOSITY; TWINS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FOOD HABITS; GENE LIBRARY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036808089     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905202320906228     Document Type: Article

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