The Swedish Twin Registry in the third millennium: An update

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 875-882

  Lichtenstein, Paul ^a,e   Sullivan, Patrick F ^a,b   Cnattingius, Sven ^a   Gatz, Margaret ^a,c   Johansson, Sofie ^a   Carlström, Eva ^a   Björk, Camilla ^a   Svartengren, Magnus ^a   Wolk, Alicja ^a   Klareskog, Lars ^d   De Faire, Ulf ^a   Schalling, Martin ^a   Palmgren, Juni ^a   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCREENING; SWEDEN; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; CHILD; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN; TWIN STUDIES;

EID: 33846195363     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706779462444     Document Type: Review

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