Longevity Studies in GenomEUtwin

Twin Research

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 448-454

  Skytthe, Axel ^a   Pedersen, Nancy L ^b   Kaprio, Jaakko ^c   Stazi, Maria Antonietta ^d   Hjelmborg, Jacob V B ^a   Iachine, Ivan ^a   Vaupel, James W ^a   Christensen, Kaare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; SWEDEN; TWIN STUDIES;

LEXIS;

EID: 0346103765     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905203770326457     Document Type: Review

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