The role of gene-environment interaction in determining bone mineral density in a twin population

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 191-197

  Naganathan, Vasi ^a,c   MacGregor, Alexander J ^b   Sambrook, Philip N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOREARM; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BONE DENSITY; COHORT STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HIP; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; SMOKING; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33947221898     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.1.191     Document Type: Article

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