Collection The Swedish Twin Registry

SND-ID: str.

Responsible research principal(s) for data included in the collection

Description

The Swedish Twin Registry collects, holds and distributes data about twins, for research projects with ethical permission.

Research area

Medical and health sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Public health, global health, social medicine and epidemiology (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Keywords

Human health and safety, Disease, Telephone interview, Near- national e-infrastructure for aging research, Twins, Cohort, Health, Heritability

Geographic location

Sweden

Publications

Zagai, U., Lichtenstein, P., Pedersen, N., & Magnusson, P. (2019). The Swedish Twin Registry: Content and Management as a Research Infrastructure. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 22(6), 672-680. doi:10.1017/thg.2019.99
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2019.99

First published dataset: 2022-03-07

Last updated dataset: 2024-09-24