Network
General information
| Name | Swedish Twin Registry |
|---|---|
| Acronym | STR |
| Last update | 02/19/2010 |
Principal investigator
No information available
Contact
|
Nancy Pedersen (Principal Investigator)
|
Stockholm 171 77 Phone: +46 8 5248 7418 Email: |
Website
- http://www.meb.ki.se/twinreg/index_en.html
Objectives
The Swedish Twin Registry was first established to study the importance of smoking and alcohol consumption on cancer and cardiovascular diseases whilst controlling for genetic propensity to disease.
Member organizations
| Design of the member studies | Cohort, Twin cohort study |
|---|
Members
- Child and Adolescent Twin Study in Sweden (The) [CATSS]
- Swedish Twin Registry [STR]
- Swedish Twin Study of Adults: Genes and Environments (The) [STAGE]
- TwinGene
Associated network
Publications and relevant documentation
- 1
- De Faire, Floderus, Lichtenstein, Pedersen, Svartengren, Svedberg The Swedish Twin Registry: a unique resource for clinical, epidemiological and genetic studies. Journal of internal medicine 2002 184-205
