The future of family-based studies in life course epidemiology: Challenges and opportunities

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922761469     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199231034.003.0017     Document Type: Chapter

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