Twinship influence on morbidity and mortality across the lifespan

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1002-1009

  öberg, Sara ^a,b   Cnattingius, Sven ^a   Sandin, Sven ^a   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a   Morley, Ruth ^c   Iliadou, Anastasia N ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; Mortality; Singletons; Twins

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FUTURE PROSPECT; HEALTH RISK; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TWINS;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SWEDEN; TWINS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84865704154     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys067     Document Type: Article

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