The Western Australian Twin Register: A population-based register of adult and child multiples

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 712-717

  Lee, Jessica D Y ^a   Palmer, Lyle J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; REVIEW; TELEHEALTH; TWINS;

ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; TWIN STUDIES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33846236814     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706779462435     Document Type: Review

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