The Sri Lankan twin registry: 2012 Update

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 307-312

  Sumathipala, Athula ^a,b   Siribaddana, Sisira ^a,c   Hotopf, Mathew ^b   McGuffin, Peter ^b   Glozier, Nick ^d   Ball, Harriet ^b   Kovas, Yulia ^e   Rijsdijk, Fruhling ^b   Yatawara, Lalani ^a,f   Pariante, Carmine ^b   Zavos, Helena ^b   Siriwardhana, Chesmal ^a,b   Pannala, Gayani ^a   Jayaweera, Kaushalya ^a   Adikari, Anushka ^a   Gunewardane, Dinesha ^a  

^a Institute for Research and Development   (Sri Lanka)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Teaching Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

developing world; gene environment interaction; North South collaboration; Sri Lanka; twin research

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SCHOOL CHILD; TWINS; VOLUNTEER; ZYGOSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SRI LANKA; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873916612     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2012.119     Document Type: Article

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