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Medical demography and epidemiology: dizygotic twins [PDF]

European Journal of Epidemiology, 2009
Demography is the statistical study of populations, epidemiology of health of populations. Fascinating challenges for future research, shared by epidemiology and demography, are to be found in the human life course, how the life course is transmitted over generations, how the healthy life is shaped by dynamics within the life course and how the life ...
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Sleep and Maladaptive Personality Traits: A Twin Study

Journal of Sleep Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sleep is essential for human functioning, but little attention has been paid to the interplay between sleep and maladaptive personality traits. We examined genetic and environmental associations between sleep and four maladaptive domains (MDs)—Negative Affectivity, Detachment, Disinhibition, and Psychoticism—within the framework of the DSM‐5 ...
Ziyu Ren, Jarrod M. Ellingson, Christian Hopfer, Robert F. Krueger, Zlatan Krizan, Kristian E. Markon, Deniz S. Ones, Zoë Panchal, J. Megan Ross, Scott Vrieze, Stephanie M. Zellers, Matt McGue   +11 more
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Monochorionic Diamniotic Twins with Sex Discordance: Case Series

Diagnostics
Background and Clinical Significance: Ultrasonographic diagnosis of twin pregnancies has become routine, with chorionicity playing a crucial role in assessing associated risks. Traditionally, monochorionic (MC) twins were believed to derive from a single
Valentina Sala, Luigina Spaccini, Stefano Faiola, Daniela Casati, Arianna Laoreti, Lisanne S. A. Tollenaar, Enrico Lopriore, Mariano M. Lanna   +7 more
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Candidate gene expression in response to low-level air pollution

Environment International, 2020
Background: Epidemiological studies have linked air pollutant to adverse health effects even at low exposure levels, but limited evidence is available on its associations with gene expression levels.
Lina Madaniyazi, Shanshan Li, Shuai Li, Yuming Guo   +3 more
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Is humn mating adventitious or the result of lawful choice? A twin study of mate selection. [PDF]

, 1993
Inventory data on a large sample of middle-aged twins and their spouses confirmed that spousal pairs are consistently but weakly similar on traits of personality, interests, talents, and attitudes.
Lykken, D.T., Tellegen, A.
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Public Health Professionals’ Perceptions on Intertwin Relationship in Multiple‐Birth Family Nursing

Public Health Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To describe how dominance, submissiveness, and speaking role appear in the intertwin relationship between twins under 7 years old. Design and Sample A cross‐sectional study design was used. The respondents (n = 72) were nurses. Information about the intertwin relationship was explored through Likert‐scale statements and open‐ended ...
Kristiina Heinonen, Tuulikki Trias, Jaakko Kaprio, Katri Vehviläinen‐Julkunen   +3 more
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Speech characteristics of monozygotic twins and a same-sex sibling: an acoustic case study of coarticulation patterns in read speech [PDF]

, 2003
This case study reports on an acoustic investigation of the motor speech characteristics of a set of young adult male monozygotic (MZ) twins and compares them to those of an age- and sex-matched sibling who participated in the study 2 years later to ...
Rixon, E., Whiteside, S.P.
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Long‐term impact of stressful life events on breast cancer risk: A 36‐year genetically informed prospective study in the Finnish Twin Cohort

International Journal of Cancer, Volume 158, Issue 6, Page 1489-1497, 15 March 2026.
What's new? Breast cancer results from a combination of genetic and environmental causes, and the cumulative effect of stressful life events may be a contributing factor. Here, the authors analyzed data from cohort and twin‐pair studies including 36 years of follow‐up to find out how stressful life events affect breast cancer risk. They found that even
Elissar Azzi, Hannes Bode, Teemu Palviainen, Mikaela Hukkanen, Miina Ollikainen, Jaakko Kaprio   +5 more
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Genetic and Environmental Influences on Decoding Skills – Implications for Music and Reading

Frontiers in Psychology, 2019
Music education is associated with increased speech perception abilities and anecdotal evidence suggests musical training is also beneficial for performance in a variety of academic areas.
Tracy M. Centanni, D. M. Anchan, Maggie Beard, Renee Brooks, Lee A. Thompson, Stephen A. Petrill   +5 more
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Cholesteatomas in dizygotic twins.

Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica, 1986
Middle ear cholesteatomas developed in dizygotic twins. In three of the four ears cholesteatomas developed as a result of longstanding otitis media with effusion. In the remaining ear, no cholesteatoma has been formed so far, in spite of severe eardrum retraction.
Yasushi NAITO, Etsuo YAMAMOTO, Haruo TAKAHASHI   +2 more
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