The Australian Twin Registry

Twin Research

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 329-336

  Hopper, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMETRY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DATA BASE; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MELANOMA; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOOTH; TWINS; ZYGOSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GENE LIBRARY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT RIGHTS; PATIENT SELECTION; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUPPORT; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS;

EID: 0036808179     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905202320906048     Document Type: Article

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