International network of twin registries (INTR): Building a platform for international collaboration

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 574-577

  Buchwald, Dedra ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b,c   Hopper, John L ^d   Sung, Joohon ^e   Goldberg, Jack ^a,f   Fortier, Isabel ^g   Busjhan, Andreas ^h   Sumathipala, Athula ^i,j,k   Cozen, Wendy ^l   Mack, Thomas ^l   Craig, Jeffrey M ^m,n   Harris, Jennifer R ^o  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^f Vietnam Era Twin Registry   (United States)

^g RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^h HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ Sri Lankan Twin Registry   (Sri Lanka)

^j KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^o NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

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Author keywords

collaborations; global studies; international network; twin registries; twin research; worldwide twins

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TWINS;

HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; REGISTRIES; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC; TWINS;

EID: 84914118475     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: 18392628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2014.67     Document Type: Article

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