Genetic influences on CHD-death and the impact of known risk factors: Comparison of two frailty models

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 585-592

  Zdravkovic, Slobodan ^a   Wienke, Andreas ^b   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a   Marenberg, Marjorie E ^c   Yashin, Anatoli I ^d   De Faire, Ulf ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; frailty; heritability; risk factors; twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; TWINS;

BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; TWIN STUDIES;

EID: 7744240333     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-004-5586-1     Document Type: Article

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