Epigenome-Wide Association Study of Wellbeing

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 710-719

  Baselmans, Bart M L ^a,b   Van Dongen, Jenny ^a,b   Nivard, Michel G ^a   Lin, Bochao D ^a   Zilhão, Nuno R ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a,b,c   Bartels, Meike ^a,b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

450k; DNA methylation; epigenetics; EWAS; satisfaction with life; twins; wellbeing

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENOME WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; FATHER; FEMALE; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SIBLING; WELLBEING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; SATISFACTION; TWINS;

ADULT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION;

EID: 84983150629     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: 18392628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2015.85     Document Type: Article

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