Heritability of lung function: A twin study among never-smoking elderly women

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 401-407

  Hukkinen, Maria ^a,b   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a,b   Broms, Ulla ^a,b   Viljanen, Anne ^c   Kotz, Daniel ^d   Rantanen, Taina ^c   Korhonen, Tellervo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heritability; Lung function; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GENETIC CORRELATION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; TWINS;

AGED; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 80053486029     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.14.5.401     Document Type: Article

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