An exploration of gene-environment interaction and asthma in a large sample of 5-year-old Dutch twins

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-149

  Van Beijsterveldt, Toos C E M ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING;

ASTHMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 41949135411     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.11.2.143     Document Type: Article

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