Current status of the Chinese National Twin Registry

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 747-752

  Li, Ming ^a   Gao, Wenjing ^a   Lv, Jun ^a   Cao, Weihua ^a   Zhan, Siyan ^a   Yang, Huiying ^a   Hu, Yonghua ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINESE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; REVIEW; TWIN ZYGOSITY; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; REGISTRIES; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33846210551     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706779462651     Document Type: Review

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