Does intact pair status matter in the study of African American twins? The Carolina African American twin study of aging

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 407-423

  Whitfield, Keith E ^a   Brandon, Dwayne T ^a   Wiggins, Sebrina ^a   Vogler, George ^a   McClearn, Gerry ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEMORY; NEGRO; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; SITTING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TWIN ZYGOSITY; TWINS; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0141886293     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730303699     Document Type: Article

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