Association between height and coronary heart disease mortality: a prospective study of 35,000 twin pairs.

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Published in Am J Epidemiol on February 16, 2006

Authors

Karri Silventoinen1, Slobodan Zdravkovic, Axel Skytthe, Peter McCarron, Anne Maria Herskind, Markku Koskenvuo, Ulf de Faire, Nancy Pedersen, Kaare Christensen, Jaakko Kaprio, GenomEUtwin Project

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. karri.silventoinen@helsinki.fi

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