Heritability of serum apolipoprotein concentrations in middle-aged Japanese twins

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 260-265

  Cai, Yang Ping ^a   Hayakawa, Kazuo ^a   Nishihara, Reiko ^a   Kato, Kenji ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult twins; Apolipoprotein; Heritability

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DOMINANT GENE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RISK FACTOR; TWINS;

AGED; APOLIPOPROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349571893     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20081037     Document Type: Article

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