The hungarian twin registry

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 185-189

  Littvay, Levente ^a   Métneki, Julia ^b   Tárnoki, Ádám D ^c   Tárnoki, Dávid L ^c  

^a CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b National Institute for Health Development   (Hungary)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

arterial stiffness; Central and Eastern Europe; hypertension; international twin study; lung function; post communist era

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; HYPERTENSION; LUNG FUNCTION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TWINS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; REGISTRIES; TWINS;

EID: 84873911277     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2012.76     Document Type: Article

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