Estimates of asthma heritability in a large twin sample

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1054-1061

  Thomsen, S F ^a   Van Der Sluis, S ^b   Kyvik, K O ^c   Skytthe, A ^c   Backer, V ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asthma; Epidemiology; Genetics; Heritability; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 77953509435     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2010.03525.x     Document Type: Article

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