The Murcia Twin Registry: A population-based registry of adult multiples in Spain

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 302-306

  Ordoñana, Juan R ^a,b   Rebollo Mesa, Irene ^c   Carrillo, Eduvigis ^a,b   Colodro Conde, Lucía ^a,b   García Palomo, Francisco J ^d   González Javier, Francisca ^a,b   Sánchez Romera, Juan F ^a,b   Aznar Oviedo, José M ^e   De Pancorbo, Marian M ^e   Pérez Riquelme, Francisco ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b Murcia Biomedical Research Institute (IMIB)   (Spain)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^f DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

biobank; disease prevention; health promotion; Spain; Twin registry; twin studies

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTER; SPAIN; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TWINS; ZYGOSITY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPAIN; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84873936850     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2012.66     Document Type: Article

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