Theoretical underpinning for the use of sibling studies in life course epidemiology

Family matters: Designing, analysing and understanding family based studies in life course epidemiology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Strully, Kate W ^a   Mishra, Gita D ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption studies; Causality; Family studies; Genetic epidemiology; Genetic linkage studies; Life course epidemiology; Mechanisms; Nature nurture paradigm; Sibling studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922760745     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199231034.003.0003     Document Type: Chapter

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