Netherlands Twin Register: From twins to twin families

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 849-857

  Boomsma, Dorret I ^a   De Geus, Eco J C ^a   Vink, Jacqueline M ^a   Stubbe, Janine H ^a   Distel, Marijn A ^a   Hottenga, Jouke Jan ^a   Posthuma, Danielle ^a   Van Beijsterveldt, Toos C E M ^a   Hudziak, James J ^a   Bartels, Meike ^a   Willemsen, Gonneke ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DATA BASE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NETHERLANDS; NEUROIMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REVIEW; TWIN ZYGOSITY; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; REGISTRIES; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33846222753     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706779462426     Document Type: Review

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