The Danish Twin Registry: Linking surveys, national registers, and biological information

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 104-111

  Skytthe, Axel ^a   Christiansen, Lene ^a,b   Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm ^a,b   Bodker, Frans L ^a   Hvidberg, Lars ^a   Petersen, Inge ^a   Nielsen, Morten M F ^a   Bingley, Paul ^a,c   Hjelmborg, Jacob ^a   Tan, Qihua ^a,b   Holm, Niels V ^a,b   Vaupel, James W ^a,d   McGue, Matt ^a,e   Christensen, Kaare ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c VIVE THE DANISH CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

biobank; birth weight discordance; Denmark; metabolic syndrome; register based research; twin register

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TWINS;

COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; TWINS;

EID: 84873889286     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2012.77     Document Type: Article

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