The Guangzhou twin project: An update

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-78

  Zheng, Yingfeng ^a   Ding, Xiaohu ^a   Chen, Yanxian ^a   He, Mingguang ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese; environment; genetics; registry; twins

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE DISEASE; EYE REFRACTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; TWINS;

EID: 84873894806     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2012.120     Document Type: Article

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