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The Qingdao Twin Registry: a status update.
Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies - 1 Feb 2013
Duan Haiping, Ning Feng, Zhang Dongfeng, Wang Shaojie, Zhang Dong, Tan Qihua, Tian Xiaocao, Pang Zengchang
Abstract excerpt
In 1998, the Qingdao Twin Registry was initiated as the main part of the Chinese National Twin Registry. By 2005, a total of 10,655 twin pairs had been recruited. Since then new twin cohorts have been sampled, with one longitudinal cohort of adolescent twins selected to explore determinants of metabolic disorders and health behaviors during puberty and young adulthood. Adult twins have been sampled for studying...
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