Comparative rating measures of health and environmental exposures: How well do twins agree?

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-119

  Reynolds, Chandra A ^a   Turner, Adam ^b   Gatz, Margaret ^b,c   Pedersen, Nancy L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TWINS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 17844374883     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/1832427053738791     Document Type: Article

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