Turkish twin study: An initial step

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 333-335

  Öncel, Sevgi Yurt ^a   Aliev, Fazil ^b,c  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

nicotine dependence; Turkey; twin registry

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); TWIN ZYGOSITY; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CULTURE; DISEASES IN TWINS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; TURKEY; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873903448     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2012.94     Document Type: Article

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