A registry of adult African American twins: The Carolina African American Twin Study of Aging

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 476-480

  Whitfield, Keith E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; aging; health disparities; minority; non intact twin pairs; North Carolina

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SIBLING; TWINS; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT SELECTION; REGISTRIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873932668     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2012.79     Document Type: Article

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