A genetic analysis of coffee consumption in a sample of dutch twins

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-131

  Vink, Jaqueline M ^a   Staphorsius, Annemieke S ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coffee; Heritability; Twin study

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ARTICLE; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

ADULT; CAFFEINE; COFFEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 66249094558     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.12.2.127     Document Type: Article

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