The Finnish Twin Cohort Study: An update

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 157-162

  Kaprio, Jaakko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

cohort studies; database; families; longitudinal; twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; TWINS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FINLAND; HUMANS; REGISTRIES; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC; TWINS;

EID: 84873911989     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2012.142     Document Type: Article

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