The Vietnam Era Twin (VET) Registry: ascertainment bias.

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Published in Acta Genet Med Gemellol (Roma) on January 01, 1987

Authors

J Goldberg1, W True, S Eisen, W Henderson, C D Robinette

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1: University of Illinois School of Public Health, Hines.

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