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Genetic susceptibility to sickness absence is similar among women and men: findings from a Swedish twin cohort.

Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies - 1 Oct 2012

Svedberg Pia, Ropponen Annina, Alexanderson Kristina, Lichtenstein Paul, Narusyte Jurgita

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Previous studies of risk factors for sickness absence (SA) focus primarily on psychosocial and work environmental exposures. The aim of this study was to investigate the relative contribution of genetic influences on SA among women and men. The population-based study sample of Swedish twins (34,547) included 13,743 twin pairs of known zygosity, 3,495 monozygotic, 5,073 same-sexed dizygotic, and 5,175 opposite...

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PMID: 22931554
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2012.47

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