Advanced Methods in Twin Studies

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 713, Issue , 2011, Pages 143-152

  Kaprio, Jaakko ^a   Silventoinen, Karri ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Behaviour genetics; Longitudinal studies; Models; Obesity; Quantitative genetics; Twins

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENT; GENE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TWINS;

DATABASES AS TOPIC; ENVIRONMENT; GENES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 79952601699     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-416-6_11     Document Type: Chapter

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