Commentary: Strengths and limitations of the discordant twin-pair design in social epidemiology. Where do we go from here?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1322-1323

  Madsen, Mia ^a   Osler, Merete ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Research Centre for Prevention and Health   (Denmark)

^c University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH STATUS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL CLASS; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349884326     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp264     Document Type: Note

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