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The National Academy of Sciences – National Research Council Veteran Twin Registry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

M.M. Braun ,
R. Haupt  and
N.E. Caporaso
M.M. Braun
Affiliation:
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
R. Haupt
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, G. Gaslini Children's Hospital, Genova, Italy
N.E. Caporaso
Affiliation:
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

Abstract

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With recent advances in molecular biology and genetics, cohorts such as the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council (NAS-NRC) Twin Registry may become of increasing importance. This paper outlines the creation and history of the NAS-NRC Twin Registry, methodologies utilized for analysis of twin data, studies that have been completed or are underway, and possible future types of studies.

Keywords

TwinsEpidemiologicRegistriesCohort StudiesVeterans Administration
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 43 , Issue 1-2 , April 1994 , pp. 89 - 94
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1994

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