Cohort profile: The Peri/post-natal Epigenetic Twins Study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-61

  Saffery, Richard ^a,b   Morley, Ruth ^a,b   Carlin, John B ^a,b   Joo, Ji Hoon Eric ^a,b   Ollikainen, Miina ^a,d   Novakovic, Boris ^a,b   Andronikos, Roberta ^a,b   Li, Xin ^a   Loke, Yuk Jing ^a   Carson, Nicole ^a   Wallace, Euan M ^c   Umstad, Mark P ^b   Permezel, Michael ^b   Galati, John C ^a,b   Craig, Jeffrey M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWINS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL;

AGE FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC; TWINS;

EID: 84863371537     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr140     Document Type: Article

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