Guest Editorial: Twin Registries Worldwide: An important resource for scientific research

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Hur, Yoon Mi ^a   Craig, Jeffrey M ^b  

^a Mokpo National University   (South Korea)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

common diseases; epidemiology; epigenetics; gene environment interaction; twin registry; zygosity

Indexed keywords

CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REVIEW; TEMPERAMENT; TWIN ZYGOSITY; TWINS; EDITORIAL; GENETICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; REGISTRIES; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84873927004     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2012.147     Document Type: Review

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