Commentary: Twins, worms and life course epidemiology

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1010-1011

  Christensen, Kaare ^a,b   Mcgue, Matt ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TWINS;

EID: 84865721572     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys101     Document Type: Article

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