Update on the NAS-NRC Twin Registry

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 985-987

  Page, William F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

AGING; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TWIN STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846260112     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706779462417     Document Type: Review

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