Why family matters: An introduction

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Lawlor, Debbie A ^a   Mishra, Gita D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causality; Family studies; Genetic epidemiology; Intergenerational studies; Life course epidemiology; Sibling studies; Statistical methods; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922761069     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199231034.003.0001     Document Type: Editorial

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