Genetic influences on exercise participation in 37.051 twin pairs from seven countries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Stubbe, Janine H ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a   Vink, Jacqueline M ^a   Cornes, Belinda K ^b   Martin, Nicholas G ^b   Skytthe, Axel ^c   Kyvik, Kirsten O ^c   Rose, Richard J ^d,f   Kujala, Urho M ^e   Kaprio, Jaakko ^f,g   Harris, Jennifer R ^h   Pedersen, Nancy L ⁱ   Hunkin, Janice ^a   Spector, Tim D ^a   de Geus, Eco J C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^h NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

ⁱ KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOOD; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; PERSONALITY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EUROPE; GENETICS; LIFESTYLE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; REGISTRIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 34250839141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000022     Document Type: Article

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