Genetic and environmental influences on adult human height across birth cohorts from 1886 to 1994

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Volumn 5, Issue DECEMBER2016, 2016, Pages 14-

  Jelenkovic, Aline ^a,b   Hur, Yoon Mi ^c   Sund, Reijo ^a   Yokoyama, Yoshie ^d   Siribaddana, Sisira H ^e,f   Hotopf, Matthew ^g   Sumathipala, Athula ^e,h   Rijsdijk, Fruhling ^g   Tan, Qihua ⁱ   Zhang, Dongfeng ^j   Pang, Zengchang ^k   Aaltonen, Sari ^a   Heikkilä, Kauko ^a   Öncel, Sevgi Y ^l   Aliev, Fazil ^m,n,o   Rebato, Esther ^b   Tarnoki, Adam D ^p,q   Tarnoki, David L ^p,q   Christensen, Kaare ^i,r   Skytthe, Axel ⁱ   Kyvik, Kirsten O ^i,r   Silberg, Judy L ^s   Eaves, Lindon J ^s   Maes, Hermine H ^t   Cutler, Tessa L ^u   Hopper, John L ^u,v   Ordoñana, Juan R ^w,x   Sánchez Romera, Juan F ^w,x   Colodro Conde, Lucia ^w,y   Cozen, Wendy ^z,aa   Hwang, Amie E ^z   Mack, Thomas M ^z,aa   Sung, Joohon ^v   Song, Yun Mi ^ab   Yang, Sarah ^v   Lee, Kayoung ^ac   Franz, Carol E ^ad   Kremen, William S ^ad,ae   Lyons, Michael J ^af   Busjahn, Andreas ^ag   Nelson, Tracy L ^ah   Whitfield, Keith E ^ai   Kandler, Christian ^aj   Jang, Kerry L ^ak   Gatz, Margaret ^al,am   Butler, David A ^an   Stazi, Maria A ^ao   Fagnani, Corrado ^ao   D’Ippolito, Cristina ^ao   Duncan, Glen E ^ap   Buchwald, Dedra ^aq   Derom, Catherine A ^ar,as   Vlietinck, Robert F ^ar   Loos, Ruth Jf ^at   Martin, Nicholas G ^y   Medland, Sarah E ^y   Montgomery, Grant W ^y   Jeong, Hoe Uk ^c   Swan, Gary E ^au   Krasnow, Ruth ^av   Magnusson, Patrik Ke ^am   Pedersen, Nancy L ^am   Dahl Aslan, Anna K ^am,aw   McAdams, Tom A ^g   Eley, Thalia C ^g   Gregory, Alice M ^ax   Tynelius, Per ^am   Baker, Laura A ^al   Tuvblad, Catherine ^al,ay   Bayasgalan, Gombojav ^az   Narandalai, Danshiitsoodol ^az,ba   Lichtenstein, Paul ^am   Spector, Timothy D ^g   Mangino, Massimo ^g   Lachance, Genevieve ^g   Bartels, Meike ^bb   Van Beijsterveldt, Toos Cem ^bb   Willemsen, Gonneke ^bb   Alexandra Burt, S ^bc   Klump, Kelly L ^bc   Harris, Jennifer R ^bd   Brandt, Ingunn ^bd   Nilsen, Thomas Sevenius ^bd   Krueger, Robert F ^be   McGue, Matt ^be   Pahlen, Shandell ^be   Corley, Robin P ^bf   Hjelmborg, Jacob V B ⁱ   Goldberg, Jack H ^bg   Iwatani, Yoshinori ^bh   Watanabe, Mikio ^bh   Honda, Chika ^bh   Inui, Fujio ^bh,bi   Rasmussen, Finn ^am   Huibregtse, Brooke M ^bf   Boomsma, Dorret I ^bb   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^bj,bk,bl   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a   Silventoinen, Karri ^a,bh   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c Mokpo National University   (South Korea)

^d Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^e Institute of Research Development   (Sri Lanka)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^g KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^j QINGDAO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^k Qingdao Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^l KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^m KARABUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁿ VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o Vrginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

^p SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^q Hungarian Twin Registry   (Hungary)

^r ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^s VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^v Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^w UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^x IMIB Arrixaca   (Spain)

^y QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^z UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ab Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^ac Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ae VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^af BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ag HealthTwist GmbH   (Germany)

^ah Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^ai DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^aj BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^al UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^am KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^an NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^ao ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^ap WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^aq WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ar UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^as GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^at MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^au STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^av SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^aw JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ax UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^ay Örebro University   (Sweden)

^az Healthy Twin Association of Mongolia   (Mongolia)

^ba HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^bb VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^bc MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bd NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^be UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^bf UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^bg UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^bh OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^bi KIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^bj UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^bk UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^bl The Capital Region   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEIGHT; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETICS; GLOBAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; TWINS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85006379669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.20320     Document Type: Article

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