An update on the Italian Twin Register: Advances in cohort recruitment, project building and network development

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 190-196

  Brescianini, Sonia ^a   Fagnani, Corrado ^a   Toccaceli, Virgilia ^a   Medda, Emanuela ^a   Nisticò, Lorenza ^a   D'Ippolito, Cristina ^a   Alviti, Sabrina ^a   Arnofi, Antonio ^a   Caffari, Bruno ^b   Delfino, Davide ^a   Ferri, Maurizio ^b   Penna, Luana ^a   Salemi, Miriam ^a   Sereni, Silvia ^a   Serino, Laura ^a,c   Cotichini, Rodolfo ^a,d   Stazi, Maria A ^a  

^a Surveillance and Health Promotion   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

age related traits; biobanking; birth cohort; genetic epidemiology; mental health; twins register

Indexed keywords

MUTAGENIC AGENT;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BIRTH; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SELF REPORT; TWINS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REGISTRIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84873904054     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2012.85     Document Type: Article

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