The danish twin registry: past and present

Bent Harvald; Gudrun Hauge; Kirsten Ohm Kyvik; Kaare Christensen; Axel Skytthe; Niels V Holm

doi:10.1375/136905204774200451

The danish twin registry: past and present

Twin Res. 2004 Aug;7(4):318-35. doi: 10.1375/136905204774200451.

Authors

Bent Harvald¹, Gudrun Hauge, Kirsten Ohm Kyvik, Kaare Christensen, Axel Skytthe, Niels V Holm

Affiliation

¹ The Danish Twin Registry, Epidemiology, Department Of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.

PMID: 15193163
DOI: 10.1375/136905204774200451

Abstract

The Danish Twin Registry was established formally in 1954 and thus celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2004. Here we give an account of its founding and the early years, and a brief summary of more recent progress.

Publication types

Historical Article

MeSH terms

Denmark / epidemiology
Diseases in Twins / genetics
Female
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Male
Neoplasms / genetics
Registries / statistics & numerical data*
Twin Studies as Topic / history
Twin Studies as Topic / statistics & numerical data*
Twin Studies as Topic / trends
Twins / genetics
Twins / statistics & numerical data*
Twins, Dizygotic / genetics
Twins, Dizygotic / statistics & numerical data
Twins, Monozygotic / genetics
Twins, Monozygotic / statistics & numerical data