Heritabilities for fifteen routine biochemical values: findings in 215 Swedish twin pairs 82 years of age or older.

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Published in Scand J Clin Lab Invest on January 01, 2009

Authors

Sven E Nilsson1, Sanna Read, Stig Berg, Boo Johansson

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Gerontology, School of Health Sciences, Jonkoping University, Sweden. sven.nilsson@hhj.hj.se

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