Determining zygosity in the Vietnam era twin registry: An update

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 461-464

  Forsberg, Christopher W ^a   Goldberg, Jack ^a,b   Sporleder, Jennifer ^a   Smith, Nicholas L ^a,b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Questionnaire zygosity determination; Twin study; Vietnam era twin registry

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; TWIN CONCORDANCE; TWIN ZYGOSITY; TWINS; VIET NAM;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; DNA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 77958103869     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.13.5.461     Document Type: Article

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