IGEMS: The consortium on interplay of genes and environment across multiple studies

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 481-489

  Pedersen, Nancy L ^a,b   Christensen, Kaare ^c   Dahl, Anna K ^a,j   Finkel, Deborah ^d   Franz, Carol E ^e   Gatz, Margaret ^a,b   Horwitz, Briana N ^l   Johansson, Boo ^f   Johnson, Wendy ^g   Kremen, William S ^e,h   Lyons, Michael J ⁱ   Malmberg, Bo ^j   McGue, Matt ^k,m   Neiderhiser, Jenae M ^l   Petersen, Inge ^c   Reynolds, Chandra A ^m  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

ⁱ BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^l PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

aging; gene environment interaction; longitudinal; twins

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERPLAY OF GENES AND ENVIRONMENT ACROSS MULTIPLE STUDIES; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASES IN TWINS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873931520     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2012.110     Document Type: Article

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