The Japanese Study of Adult Twins Reared Apart and Growing Old Separately

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 806-807

  Hayakawa, Kazuo ^a   Kato, Kenji ^b   Onoi, Miyuki ^a   Hayashi, Chisato ^a   Yang Ping, Cai ^a   Kanamori, Masao ^c   Doi, Syuichi ^d   Kikuchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Nishihara, Reiko ^a   Kadota, Kensuke ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Biwako Seikei Sport College   (Japan)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SHORT SURVEY; TWIN ZYGOSITY; TWINS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; REGISTRIES; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33846197855     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706779462796     Document Type: Short Survey

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