The vietnam era twin registry: A quarter century of progress

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 429-436

  Tsai, Melyssa ^a   Mori, Alaina M ^a   Forsberg, Christopher W ^a   Waiss, Nicole ^a   Sporleder, Jennifer L ^a   Smith, Nicholas L ^a,b,c   Goldberg, Jack ^a,b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; epidemiology; genetics; repository; twins; Veterans; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TWINS; VIET NAM;

ADULT; AGING; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84873929074     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2012.122     Document Type: Article

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