Genetic and environmental influences on risk of death due to infections assessed in Danish twins, 1943-2001

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 171, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1007-1013

  Obel, Niels ^a   Christensen, Kaare ^b   Petersen, Inge ^b   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^c   Skytthe, Axel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c The Capital Region   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cause of death; genetics; infection; twins

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HERITABILITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORTALITY RISK; SIBLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DENMARK; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HEREDITY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORTALITY; REGISTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENILITY; SUICIDE; TUBERCULOSIS; TWIN CONCORDANCE; TWINS; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE;

DENMARK;

CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DENMARK; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 77952312428     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq037     Document Type: Article

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