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1991 Volvo Award in clinical sciences. Smoking and lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration: an MRI study of identical twins

scientific article published in September 1991

A 90-year-old monozygotic female twin pair discordant for Alzheimer's disease

scientific article published in November 2003

A Population-Based Survey of Headache and Migraine in 22,809 Adults

scientific article published on 01 September 1993

A Twin Study on the Heritability of Walking Ability Among Older Women

scientific article published on 01 October 2006

A cross-national epidemiological resource: the Swedish and Finnish cohort studies of like-sexed twins

scientific article published on December 1982

A developmental genetic analysis of adult personality: extraversion and neuroticism from 18 to 59 years of age

scientific article

A population-based study of bronchial asthma in adult twin pairs

scientific article published on 01 July 1991

A prospective study of life satisfaction, neuroticism and breast cancer risk (Finland).

scientific article

A prospective study of psychological and socioeconomic characteristics, health behavior and morbidity in cigarette smokers prior to quitting compared to persistent smokers and non-smokers

scientific article published on 01 January 1988

A prospective twin cohort study of disability pensions due to musculoskeletal diagnoses in relation to stability and change in pain

scientific article

ASYMMETRICAL LOWER EXTREMITY POWER DEFICIT AS A RISK FACTOR FOR INJURIOUS FALLS IN HEALTHY OLDER WOMEN

Accumulation of sensory difficulties predicts fear of falling in older women

scientific article published on 4 July 2013

Acquired preference especially for dietary fat and obesity: a study of weight-discordant monozygotic twin pairs

scientific article published on 01 July 2002

Alcohol intake, drinking patterns, and prostate cancer risk and mortality: a 30-year prospective cohort study of Finnish twins

scientific article published on 28 June 2016

Alcohol-related diseases associated with ischaemic heart disease: a three-year follow-up of middle-aged male hospital patients

scientific article published on 01 January 1986

Alzheimer's disease in Finnish twins

scientific article published in March 1996

Alzheimer's disease in twins

scientific article published on January 1997

Are genetic determinants of weight gain modified by leisure-time physical activity? A prospective study of Finnish twins

scientific article published in September 1997

Association Between Distance From Home to Tobacco Outlet and Smoking Cessation and Relapse

scientific article

Association and Causal Relationship of Midlife Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders with Old Age Cognition

scientific article published on 01 September 2011

Association between education and future leisure-time physical inactivity: a study of Finnish twins over a 35-year follow-up

scientific article

Association between height and coronary heart disease mortality: a prospective study of 35,000 twin pairs

scientific article published on 16 February 2006

Associations of job strain and lifestyle risk factors with risk of coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis of individual participant data

scientific article

Associations of social support and sex life--the HeSSup Study

scientific article published in July 2005

Asthma and other pulmonary diseases in former elite athletes

scientific article published in March 1996

Asthma in relation to personality traits, life satisfaction, and stress: a prospective study among 11 000 adults

scientific article published on 01 October 2001

Atopy: a predisposing factor for chronic bronchitis in Finland ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 1995

Author Correction: Development and validation of a risk prediction model for work disability: multicohort study

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Binge drinking and depressive symptoms: a 5-year population-based cohort study

scientific article published on 11 May 2009

Binge drinking in midlife and dementia risk

scientific article

Body mass index and physical activity in relation to asthma and atopic diseases in young adults

scientific article published on 28 February 2006

Body mass index and risk of dementia: Analysis of individual-level data from 1.3 million individuals

scientific article published on 20 November 2017

Body weight in the Finnish Twin Cohort

scientific article published in January 1990

Breast cancer risk in monozygotic and dizygotic female twins: a 20-year population-based cohort study in Finland from 1976 to 1995

scientific article published on 01 March 1999

Bruxism is associated with nicotine dependence: a nationwide Finnish twin cohort study

scientific article

Can social support alleviate inflammation associated with childhood adversities? ⬇️

scientific article published on April 30, 2013

Cancer Incidence Among Finnish World Class Male Athletes

article published in 2000

Cancer in adult same-sexed twins: a historical cohort study

scientific article published on 01 January 1981

Cardiovascular reflexes in monozygotic twins discordant for exposure to organic solvents

scientific article published on 01 January 1987

Carotid arteriosclerosis in identical twins discordant for cigarette smoking

scientific article published on 01 July 1989

Catechol-o-methyltransferase gene polymorphism is associated with skeletal muscle properties in older women alone and together with physical activity

scientific article

Cause-specific mortality by marital status and social class in Finland during 1969–1971 ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 November 1979

Cerebral glucose metabolism in dizygotic twin pairs discordant for Alzheimer's disease

scientific article published on 16 November 2007

Change in cohabitation and intrapair similarity of monozygotic (MZ) cotwins for alcohol use, extraversion, and neuroticism

scientific article published on March 1990

Change in reciprocity as a predictor of depressive symptoms: a prospective cohort study of Finnish women and men.

scientific article published on 17 October 2008

Change in β2-agonist use after severe life events in adults with asthma: A population-based cohort study: Life events and bronchodilator usage among adults with asthma

scientific article published on 05 July 2017

Changes in incidence and prognosis of ischaemic heart disease in Finland: a record linkage study of data on death certificates and hospital records for 1972 and 1981.

scientific article

Changes in sleep quality with age-a 36-year follow-up study of Finnish working-aged adults

scientific article

Characteristics and consistency of light smoking: long-term follow-up among Finnish adults

scientific article

Characteristics and health consequences of intermittent smoking: long-term follow-up among Finnish adult twins

scientific article published on 25 February 2009

Characteristics of Social Networks and Mortality Risk: Evidence From Two Prospective Cohort Studies

scientific article

Characteristics of two telephone screens for cognitive impairment

scientific article published in January 2002

Characterizing the quantitative genetic contribution to rheumatoid arthritis using data from twins

scientific article

Childhood adversities and adult-onset asthma: a cohort study

scientific article

Childhood adversities and quality of sleep in adulthood: A population-based study of 26,000 Finns

scientific article published on 4 December 2009

Childhood adversities as a predictor of disability retirement

scientific article published on June 2007

Childhood adversities as predictors of incident coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease

article by J. Korkeila et al published 1 February 2010 in Heart

Childhood adversities experienced by working-aged coronary heart disease patients

scientific article

Childhood adversities predict strongly the use of psychotropic drugs in adulthood: a population-based cohort study of 24,284 Finns

scientific article published on 23 December 2014

Childhood adversities, adult risk factors and depressiveness: a population study

scientific article published on 15 September 2005

Childhood adversities, adulthood life events and depression

scientific article published on 31 May 2010

Childhood adversities, parent-child relationships and dispositional optimism in adulthood

scientific article published in April 2004

Childhood farm environment and asthma and sensitization in young adulthood

scientific article published in December 2002

Chlamydia pneumoniae-specific cell-mediated and humoral immunity in healthy people

scientific article published on May 1998

Cigarette smoking and alcohol use in Finland and Sweden: a cross-national twin study

scientific article published in December 1982

Cigarette smoking and dimensions of depressive symptoms: longitudinal analysis among Finnish male and female twins

scientific article published on 27 January 2011

Cigarette smoking as a cause of lung cancer and coronary heart disease. A study of smoking-discordant twin pairs

scientific article

Cigarette smoking, use of alcohol, and leisure-time physical activity among same-sexed adult male twins

scientific article published on 01 January 1981

Clinical characteristics of migraine concordant monozygotic twin pairs

scientific article published on 01 October 1999

Clinical characteristics of migraine in a population-based twin sample: similarities and differences between migraine with and without aura

scientific article published on 01 April 1999

Clustering of symptoms associated with fibromyalgia in a Finnish Twin Cohort

article by Ritva Markkula et al published August 2009 in European Journal of Pain

Co-twin control and cohort analyses of body mass index and height in relation to breast, prostate, ovarian, corpus uteri, colon and rectal cancer among Swedish and Finnish twins

scientific article

Coffee drinking in middle age is not associated with cognitive performance in old age

article by Venla S Laitala et al published 8 July 2009 in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Cognitive function in middle-aged snorers and controls: role of excessive daytime somnolence and sleep-related hypoxic events.

scientific article published in October 1988

Comparison of alternative versions of the job demand-control scales in 17 European cohort studies: the IPD-Work consortium

scientific article published on 20 January 2012

Concordance and heritability of multiple sclerosis in Finland: study on a nationwide series of twins

scholarly article by H. Kuusisto et al published 25 August 2008 in European Journal of Neurology

Concordance for type 1 (insulin-dependent) and type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus in a population-based cohort of twins in Finland

scientific article published in November 1992

Consistency and Change in Patterns of Social Drinking: A 6-Year Follow-Up of the Finnish Twin Cohort

scientific article published on 01 April 1992

Consistency and change of body mass index and weight. A study on 5967 adult Finnish twin pairs

scientific article published on 01 May 1995

Contribution of genetic and environmental effects to postural balance in older female twins

scientific article published on 5 September 2003

Contribution of genetic and environmental factors to individual differences in maximal walking speed with and without second task in older women

scientific article published on October 2005

Coronary-prone behavior in adult same-sexed male twins: an epidemiological study

scientific article published on 01 January 1981

Daytime sleepiness in an adult, Finnish population

scientific article published in May 1996

Decreased beta-adrenergic receptor density and catecholamine response in male cigarette smokers. A study of monozygotic twin pairs discordant for smoking

scientific article

Dementia in twins

scientific article published on 01 June 1996

Design and sampling considerations, response rates, and representativeness in a Finnish Twin Family Study

scientific article published on 01 January 1987

Development and validation of a risk prediction model for work disability: multicohort study

scientific article published on 19 October 2017

Development of sense of coherence in adulthood: a person-centered approach. The population-based HeSSup cohort study

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Diabetes in a population-based series of twin pairs discordant for leisure sedentariness

scientific article published in February 2000

Diagnosis of Twin Zygosity by Mailed Questionnaire ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 1978

Differences in mortality from ischemic heart disease by marital status and social class

scientific article published on 01 January 1980

Disability pension due to musculoskeletal diagnoses: importance of work-related factors in a prospective cohort study of Finnish twins

scientific article

Disc degeneration and bone density in monozygotic twins discordant for insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

scientific article published on 01 September 2000

Disease-specific mortality among elite athletes

scientific article published on 01 January 2001

Distribution of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM)-related HLA alleles correlates with the difference in IDDM incidence in four populations of the Eastern Baltic region

scientific article published on 01 November 1998

Diurnal Evening Type is Associated with Current Smoking, Nicotine Dependence and Nicotine Intake in the Population Based National FINRISK 2007 Study

scientific article

Does Hair Dye Use Increase the Risk of Breast Cancer? A Population-Based Case-Control Study of Finnish Women

scientific article published on 11 August 2015

Does depression predict coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease equally well? The Health and Social Support Prospective Cohort Study

scientific article

Early detection of Alzheimer disease: ¹¹C-PiB PET in twins discordant for cognitive impairment

scientific article published on 22 June 2011

Education in Twins and Their Parents Across Birth Cohorts Over 100 years: An Individual-Level Pooled Analysis of 42-Twin Cohorts

scientific article published in October 2017

Effect Of Long-term Physical Activity On Health In Twins: A 30-year Longitudinal Study

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Effect of environmental and genetic factors on education-associated disparities in weight and weight gain: a study of Finnish adult twins

scientific article published in October 2004

Effect of physical activity on health in twins: a 30-yr longitudinal study

scientific article published in April 2010

Effect of smoking on use of antibacterials: a 9-year follow-up study of 24 000 working-aged Finns ⬇️

scientific article published on January 17, 2012

Effect of teenage smoking on the prevalence of periodontal bacteria

scientific article published on 22 February 2011

Effects of gender and age on the heritability of body mass index

scientific article published on 01 October 1991

Effects of work and lifestyle on risk for future disability pension due to low back diagnoses: a 30-year prospective study of Finnish twins

scientific article published on November 2012

Electromagnetic fields and childhood cancer

scientific article published in The Lancet

Employment status and differences in the one-year coverage of physician visits: different needs or unequal access to services?

scientific article published on 2 October 2006

Employment trajectories and changes in sense of coherence

scientific article published on 22 October 2009

Employment trajectory as determinant of change in health-related lifestyle: the prospective HeSSup study

scientific article published on 31 May 2008

Environmental and heritable factors in the causation of cancer--analyses of cohorts of twins from Sweden, Denmark, and Finland

scientific article (publication date: 13 July 2000)

Environmental differences in twin pairs discordant for Alzheimer's disease

scientific article

Environmental factors in the development of obesity in identical twins

scientific article published on 01 July 1999

Epidemiology of narcolepsy.

scientific article published in December 1994

Evening types are more often current smokers and nicotine-dependent-a study of Finnish adult twins

scientific article

Evidence for involvement of the type 1 angiotensin II receptor locus in essential hypertension

scientific article published on 01 March 1999

Evidence that BMI and type 2 diabetes share only a minor fraction of genetic variance: a follow-up study of 23,585 monozygotic and dizygotic twins from the Finnish Twin Cohort Study

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Exploring gene-environment interactions: socioregional moderation of alcohol use.

scientific article published in November 2001

Exposure to organic solvents and neuropsychological dysfunction: a study on monozygotic twins

scientific article

Externalizing Problem Behaviors and Headache: A Follow-up Study of Adolescent Finnish Twins

scientific article published on 01 October 2004

Factors associated to lifestyle and risk of adult onset asthma

scientific article published in March 2003

Familial Risk and Heritability of Cancer Among Twins in Nordic Countries

scientific article

Familial and socioregional environmental effects on abstinence from alcohol at age sixteen

scientific article published on 01 March 1999

Familial association between allergic disorders and depression in adult Finnish twins

scientific article

Farm environment in childhood prevents the development of allergies

scientific article published on February 2000

Fear of falling and coexisting sensory difficulties as predictors of mobility decline in older women.

scientific article published on 30 April 2012

Femininity and Fertility in Sisters with Twin Brothers: Prenatal Androgenization? Cross-Sex Socialization?

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Finnish twins reared apart. II: Validation of zygosity, environmental dissimilarity and weight and height.

scientific article

Finnish twins reared apart. III: Personality factors

scientific article published on 01 January 1984

Finnish twins reared apart. IV: Smoking and drinking habits. A preliminary analysis of the effect of heredity and environment

scientific article published on 01 January 1984

Finnish twins reared apart: preliminary characterization of rearing environment

scientific article published on 01 January 1981

Food hypersensitivity among Finnish university students: association with atopic diseases

scientific article published in May 2003

Force Platform Balance Measures as Predictors of Indoor and Outdoor Falls in Community-Dwelling Women Aged 63-76 Years

scientific article published on 01 February 2008

Future hospital care in a population-based series of twin pairs discordant for physical activity behavior

scientific article published on 01 December 1999

Gene expression profiles in Finnish twins with multiple sclerosis

scientific article published on 27 February 2006

Genetic Component of Noise Sensitivity

Genetic Influences on Use and Abuse of Alcohol: A Study of 5638 Adult Finnish Twin Brothers

scientific article published on 01 August 1987

Genetic and Environmental Determination of Human Sleep

Genetic and environmental components of interindividual variation in circulating levels of IGF-I, IGF-II, IGFBP-1, and IGFBP-3.

scientific article published on December 1996

Genetic and environmental contribution to postural balance of older women in single and dual task situations

scientific article published on 15 May 2006

Genetic and environmental determinants of use and abuse of alcohol: the Finnish Twin Cohort studies

article by Jaakko Kaprio et al published 1991 in Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire). Supplement

Genetic and environmental determination of human sleep

scientific article published in January 1983

Genetic and environmental effects on fasting and postchallenge plasma glucose and serum insulin values in Finnish twins

scientific article

Genetic and environmental effects on oculometric traits

scientific article published in September 1989

Genetic and environmental factors in complex diseases: the older Finnish Twin Cohort

scientific article

Genetic and environmental factors in sciatica. Evidence from a nationwide panel of 9365 adult twin pairs

scientific article published in October 1989

Genetic and environmental influence on structural strength of weight-bearing and non-weight-bearing bone: a twin study

scientific article published in April 2008

Genetic and environmental influences on hearing at different frequencies separately for the better and worse hearing ear in older women

scientific article published in December 2007

Genetic and environmental influences on hearing in older women

scientific article published in April 2007

Genetic component of noise sensitivity

scientific article published in June 2005

Genetic contribution to the relationship between personality and depressive symptoms among older women

scientific article published on 8 October 2009

Genetic effects in common on maximal walking speed and muscle performance in older women

scientific article published on June 2007

Genetic epidemiology of spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage: Nordic Twin Study

scientific article published on 16 September 2010

Genetic factors and osteoporotic fractures in elderly people: prospective 25 year follow up of a nationwide cohort of elderly Finnish twins

scientific article

Genetic factors and susceptibility to falls in older women

scientific article published on April 2006

Genetic factors in epileptic seizures: evidence from a large twin population

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Genetic factors in evolution of sleep length--a longitudinal twin study in Finnish adults

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Genetic influence on human lifespan and longevity

scientific article published on 4 February 2006

Genetic influences underlying self-rated health in older female twins

scientific article published on June 2005

Genetic liability of type 1 diabetes and the onset age among 22,650 young Finnish twin pairs: a nationwide follow-up study

scientific article

Genetic liability to osteoarthritis may be greater in women than men.

scientific article published in July 1996

Genetic predisposition, environment and cancer incidence: a nationwide twin study in Finland, 1976-1995.

scientific article published in December 1999

Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

scientific article

Genetic susceptibility to multiple sclerosis. A co-twin study of a nationwide series

scientific article published on 01 October 1988

Genetics of alcoholism: effects of migration on concordance rates among male twins

article

Genome-wide scan of obesity in Finnish sibpairs reveals linkage to chromosome Xq24

scientific article (publication date: September 2000)

Genome-wide scan of predisposing loci for increased diastolic blood pressure in Finnish siblings

scientific article

Glucose metabolism in identical twins discordant for obesity. The critical role of visceral fat.

scientific article published in February 1997

Hay fever – a Finnish nationwide study of adolescent twins and their parents ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 1998

Hay fever, asthma and number of older siblings - a twin study

article by M. RaSaNEN et al published May 1997 in Clinical & Experimental Allergy

Hay fever, asthma and number of older siblings--a twin study

scientific article published on May 1997

Health inequalities in the workforce: the labour market core-periphery structure

scientific article published on December 2003

Health related psychosocial correlates of neuroticism: a study of adult male twins in Finland.

scientific article published in January 1984

Health status of former elite athletes. The Finnish experience

scientific article published in February 1997

Health-related and sociodemographic risk factors for disability pension due to low back disorders: a 30-year prospective Finnish Twin Cohort Study

scientific article published in May 2011

Health-related risk factors for disability pensions due to musculoskeletal diagnoses: a 30-year Finnish twin cohort study

scientific article

Hearing acuity as a predictor of walking difficulties in older women

scientific article published on 26 October 2009

Hearing as a predictor of falls and postural balance in older female twins

scientific article

Heart attacks and lower-limb function in master endurance athletes

scientific article published in July 1999

Helsinki alert of biodiversity and health

scientific article published on 23 April 2015

Hereditary factors in basal cell carcinoma of the skin: a population-based cohort study in twins

scientific article

Heritability and mortality risk of insomnia-related symptoms: a genetic epidemiologic study in a population-based twin cohort

scientific article

Heritability and risk factors of uterine fibroids — The Finnish Twin Cohort Study

scientific article published on 01 November 2000

Heritability of anterior chamber depth and axial length: a population-based twin study among 66 to 79-year old female twins

scientific article published on 15 July 2014

Heritability of corneal refraction and corneal astigmatism: a population-based twin study among 66- to 79-year-old female twins

scientific article

Heritability of defects of far vision in young adults--a twin study

scientific article published on 01 June 1992

Heritability of diurnal type: a nationwide study of 8753 adult twin pairs

scientific article published on June 2007

Heritability of intraocular pressure in older female twins

scientific article published on 19 July 2007

Heritability of leptin levels and the shared genetic effects on body mass index and leptin in adult Finnish twins

scientific article published on 01 January 2001

Heritability of maximal isometric muscle strength in older female twins

article by Kristina Tiainen et al published January 2004 in Journal of Applied Physiology

Heritability of refractive astigmatism: a population-based twin study among 63- to 75-year-old female twins

scientific article published on 9 September 2013

Heritability of spherical equivalent: a population-based twin study among 63- to 76-year-old female twins

scientific article published on 14 July 2010

Higher prevalence of Chlamydia pneumoniae seropositivity in Finnish twins compared with co-twins living in Sweden: relationships with markers of subclinical atherosclerosis

scientific article published on September 2003

Hippocampal MRI volumetry in cognitively discordant monozygotic twin pairs.

scientific article published on January 2004

Home dampness, current allergic diseases, and respiratory infections among young adults

scientific article published on June 2001

Hospital care in later life among former world-class Finnish athletes

scientific article published in The Journal of the American Medical Association

Hostility and registered sickness absences: a prospective study of municipal employees

scientific article published in May 1997

Hostility as a risk factor for mortality and ischemic heart disease in men.

scientific article published in July 1988

Humoral immune response to Chlamydia pneumoniae in twin discordant for smoking

scientific article published on September 1, 1998

Immune responses to Chlamydia pneumoniae in twins in relation to gender and smoking

scientific article published on May 1998

Impact of heredity in myopia

scientific article published in January 1991

Impact of major life events on breast-cancer-specific mortality: A case fatality study on 8000 breast cancer patients

scientific article published on 14 April 2017

Importance of genetic factors in adolescent asthma: a population-based twin-family study

scientific article published on April 1998

Incidence and Prevalence of Asthma Among Adult Finnish Men and Women of the Finnish Twin Cohort From 1975 to 1990, and Their Relation to Hay Fever and Chronic Bronchitis

scientific article published on 01 April 1999

Incidence and prognosis of ischaemic heart disease with respect to marital status and social class. A national record linkage study ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 1981

Incidence and prognosis of ischemic heart disease with respect to geographical area. An epidemiological study of middle-aged Finns

scientific article

Increased carotid atherosclerosis in andropausal middle-aged men.

scientific article published in May 2005

Increased carotid intima-media thickness in men born in east Finland: a twin study of the effects of birthplace and migration to Sweden on subclinical atherosclerosis

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

Increased life expectancy of world class male athletes

scientific article published on 01 February 1993

Influence of long-term postmenopausal hormone-replacement therapy on estimated structural bone strength: a study in discordant monozygotic twins

scientific article published in March 2011

Insufficient sleep--a population-based study in adults

scientific article published in June 2001

Interpersonal conflict as a predictor of work disability: a follow-up study of 15,348 Finnish employees.

scientific article published in February 1996

Interpersonal conflicts at work and psychosocial characteristics of employees

scientific article

Intragenic polymorphisms of the vitamin D receptor gene associated with intervertebral disc degeneration

scientific article published on December 1998

Job insecurity and risk of diabetes: a meta-analysis of individual participant data

scientific article

Job strain and COPD exacerbations: an individual-participant meta-analysis

scientific article

Job strain and alcohol intake: a collaborative meta-analysis of individual-participant data from 140,000 men and women

scientific article

Job strain and health-related lifestyle: findings from an individual-participant meta-analysis of 118,000 working adults

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Job strain and the risk of inflammatory bowel diseases: individual-participant meta-analysis of 95,000 men and women

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Job strain and the risk of severe asthma exacerbations: a meta-analysis of individual-participant data from 100 000 European men and women.

scientific article

Job strain and the risk of stroke: an individual-participant data meta-analysis

scientific article

Job strain and tobacco smoking: an individual-participant data meta-analysis of 166,130 adults in 15 European studies

scientific article

Job strain as a risk factor for clinical depression: systematic review and meta-analysis with additional individual participant data

scientific article

Job strain as a risk factor for coronary heart disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data

scientific article

Job strain as a risk factor for leisure-time physical inactivity: an individual-participant meta-analysis of up to 170,000 men and women: the IPD-Work Consortium

scientific article

Job strain as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes: a pooled analysis of 124,808 men and women

scientific article

Job strain in relation to body mass index: pooled analysis of 160 000 adults from 13 cohort studies

scientific article

Job strain, life events, and sickness absence: a longitudinal cohort study in a random population sample

scientific article published in September 2007

Joint-specific twin and familial aggregation of recalled physician diagnosed osteoarthritis

scientific article published on September 1999

Key factors in smoking cessation intervention among 15-16-year-olds

scientific article published in January 2009

Leg extension power asymmetry and mobility limitation in healthy older women

scientific article published in September 2005

Leisure-time physical activity and type 2 diabetes during a 28 year follow-up in twins

article by Katja Waller et al published 13 August 2010 in Diabetologia

Leisure-time physical inactivity and association with body mass index: a Finnish Twin Study with a 35-year follow-up

scientific article published on 01 February 2017

Liability to anxiety and severe life events as predictors of new-onset sleep disturbances.

scientific article

Life dissatisfaction and subsequent work disability in an 11-year follow-up

scientific article

Life dissatisfaction as a predictor of fatal injury in a 20-year follow-up

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

Life events and depressiveness - the effect of adjustment for psychosocial factors, somatic health and genetic liability

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Life satisfaction and depression in a 15-year follow-up of healthy adults

scientific article published in December 2004

Life satisfaction and suicide: a 20-year follow-up study

scientific article

Lifestyle differences in twin pairs discordant for basal cell carcinoma of the skin

scientific article published on July 2003

Lifestyle factors and risk of sickness absence from work: a multicohort study

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Lifestyle, stress, and genes in peptic ulcer disease: a nationwide twin cohort study

scientific article published on April 1998

Lifetime exercise and disk degeneration: an MRI study of monozygotic twins

scientific article published on 01 October 1997

Limits of self-report in assessing sleep terrors in a population survey

scientific article published in February 1999

Long working hours and alcohol use: systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies and unpublished individual participant data

scientific article

Long working hours and cancer risk: a multi-cohort study

scientific article

Long working hours and depressive symptoms: systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies and unpublished individual participant data

scientific article published on 8 February 2018

Long working hours and risk of coronary heart disease and stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis of published and unpublished data for 603,838 individuals

scientific article

Long working hours as a risk factor for atrial fibrillation: a multi-cohort study

scientific article published on September 2017

Long working hours, socioeconomic status, and the risk of incident type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis of published and unpublished data from 222 120 individuals

scientific article

Long-term consistency of diurnal-type preferences among men.

scientific article published on 16 October 2013

Long-term smoking behavior patterns predicting self-reported chronic bronchitis

scientific article published in August 2009

Longitudinal analyses of the determinants of drinking and of drinking to intoxication in adolescent twins

scientific article published on 01 November 1999

Longitudinal study on poor sleep and life dissatisfaction in a nationwide cohort of twins

scientific article published on 17 November 2008

Low pessimism protects against stroke: the Health and Social Support (HeSSup) prospective cohort study

scientific article

Lower-limb function among former elite male athletes

scientific article published on 01 January 2001

MS and SLE in twins of successive generations

scientific article published in March 1990

Magnetic Fields of Transmission Lines and Depression ⬇️

scientific article published on December 15, 1997

Magnetic fields of high voltage power lines and risk of cancer in Finnish adults: nationwide cohort study

scientific article published on October 1996

Malignant skin cancers in the Finnish Twin Cohort: a population-based study, 1976-97

scientific article published on 01 September 2002

Markers for the gene ob and serum leptin levels in human morbid obesity

scientific article published on May 1997

Middle age self-report risk score predicts cognitive functioning and dementia in 20-40 years

scientific article published on 14 September 2016

Midlife alcohol consumption and later risk of cognitive impairment: a twin follow-up study

scientific article published on January 2010

Midlife cardiovascular risk factors and late cognitive impairment

scholarly article by Jyri J. Virta et al published 27 March 2013 in European Journal of Epidemiology

Midlife sleep characteristics associated with late life cognitive function

scientific article published on October 2013

Migraine and concomitant symptoms among 8167 adult twin pairs

scientific article published in February 1995

Migrating Twins: A Study of Welfare Components Among Finnish Twins Living in Sweden and their Co-Twins Residing in Finland

scholarly article by Ebba Hedlund et al published January 2006 in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Migration and coronary heart disease: A study of Finnish twins living in Sweden and their co-twins residing in Finland

scientific article published in January 2007

Migration and differences in dietary habits-a cross sectional study of Finnish twins in Sweden

scientific article published on 17 October 2007

Migration and mortality: a 20 year follow up of Finnish twin pairs with migrant co-twins in Sweden

scientific article

Migration and smoking: An epidemiological study of Finnish twins in Sweden

scholarly article by Lena Jörgensen et al published August 2005 in Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Migration at early age from a high to a lower coronary heart disease risk country lowers the risk of subclinical atherosclerosis in middle-aged men

Modifiable risk factors as predictors of all-cause mortality: the roles of genetics and childhood environment

scientific article published on December 2002

Mortality after bereavement: a prospective study of 95,647 widowed persons

scientific article published on 01 March 1987

Mortality after bereavement: a prospective study.

scientific article published in January 1982

Mortality by marital status and social class in Finland during 1969--1971. Mortality from natural and violent causes

scientific article published on 01 January 1978

Mortality of adults with asthma: a prospective cohort study

scientific article published on January 1997

Multiple sclerosis and occupational exposure to chemicals: a co-twin control study of a nationwide series of twins

scientific article

Multiple sclerosis in a nationwide series of twins

scientific article published on 01 October 1987

Multivariate logit analysis of concordance ratios for quantitative traits in twin studies.

scientific article published on January 1981

Muscle cross-sectional area and structural bone strength share genetic and environmental effects in older women

scientific article published in February 2009

Napping and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a population-based prospective study

scientific article

Narcolepsy-like symptoms among adult twins

scientific article published in March 1996

Natural selection to sports, later physical activity habits, and coronary heart disease

scientific article

Negative life events and stability of sense of coherence: a five-year follow-up study of Finnish women and men.

scientific article published in October 2007

Nightmares: familial aggregation and association with psychiatric disorders in a nationwide twin cohort

scientific article published in August 1999

Nocturnal enuresis in a nationwide twin cohort

scientific article published in September 1998

Noise Sensitivity and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

Noise sensitivity and disability retirement: a longitudinal twin study

scientific article published in April 2013

Noise sensitivity and hearing disability

scientific article published in January 2011

Noise sensitivity and multiple chemical sensitivity scales: properties in a population based epidemiological study

scientific article published in September 2012

Non-response and related factors in a nation-wide health survey

scientific article published in January 2001

Non-response in a nationwide follow-up postal survey in Finland: a register-based mortality analysis of respondents and non-respondents of the Health and Social Support (HeSSup) Study

scientific article published on 15 March 2012

Obesity and loss of disease-free years owing to major non-communicable diseases: a multicohort study

article by Solja T Nyberg et al published October 2018 in Lancet Public Health

Occurrence of rheumatoid arthritis in a nationwide series of twins

scientific article published on 01 October 1986

Ophthalmic disease in twins: a nationwide record linkage study of hospital discharges and free medications for 16,067 twin pairs

scientific article published on 01 January 1987

Origins of handedness: a nationwide study of 30,161 adults

scientific article published on 16 January 2009

Outdoor and indoor falls as predictors of mobility limitation in older women

scientific article published on 24 September 2009

Overweight, obesity and risk of haematological malignancies: a cohort study of Swedish and Finnish twins

scientific article published on 16 December 2008

Overweight, obesity, and risk of cardiometabolic multimorbidity: pooled analysis of individual-level data for 120 813 adults from 16 cohort studies from the USA and Europe

scientific article published on 19 May 2017

Parkinson's disease in a nationwide twin cohort ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 August 1988

Perceived job insecurity as a risk factor for incident coronary heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis

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Perinatal risk factors for asthma in Finnish adolescent twins

scientific article published on January 2000

Perinatal risk factors for hay fever--a study among 2550 Finnish twin families

scientific article published on October 2001

Periodic breathing and hypoxia in snorers and controls: validation of snoring history and association with blood pressure and obesity

scientific article published in July 1987

Persistent smoking as a predictor of disability pension due to musculoskeletal diagnoses: a 23 year prospective study of Finnish twins

scientific article published on 18 October 2013

Personal Goals of Older Female Twins

Personality characteristics and the risk of breast cancer: a prospective cohort study

scientific article published in July 2002

Personality traits and cancer risk and survival based on Finnish and Swedish registry data

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Personality traits and life dissatisfaction as risk factors for disability pension due to low back diagnoses: a 30-year longitudinal cohort study of Finnish twins

scientific article published on 28 July 2012

Physical activity and osteoporotic hip fracture risk in men.

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Physical activity and other risk factors in male twin-pairs discordant for coronary heart disease

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Physical activity, morbidity and mortality in twins: a 24-year prospective follow-up

article by Katja Waller et al published 3 August 2010 in European Journal of Epidemiology

Physical inactivity, cardiometabolic disease, and risk of dementia: an individual-participant meta-analysis

scientific article published on 17 April 2019

Physical work load and psychological stress of daily activities as predictors of disability pension due to musculoskeletal disorders

scientific article published on 7 March 2014

Poor sleep predicts symptoms of depression and disability retirement due to depression

scientific article published on 14 October 2014

Poor vision accompanied with other sensory impairments as a predictor of falls in older women

scientific article published on 13 November 2008

Population-Based Twin Study of the Effects of Migration From Finland to Sweden on Endothelial Function and Intima-Media Thickness

scientific article published on 01 May 2002

Population-based twin registries: illustrative applications in genetic epidemiology and behavioral genetics from the Finnish Twin Cohort Study

scientific article published on January 1990

Prediction of long-term absence due to sickness in employees: development and validation of a multifactorial risk score in two cohort studies

scientific article published on 24 January 2018

Pregnancy weight gain and premenopausal breast cancer risk.

scientific article published in November 2005

Prevalence and Genetics of Sleepwalking: A Population-based Twin Study

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Prevalence and incidence of headache in adolescent Finnish twins.

scientific article published on 5 October 2009

Prevalence of asthma, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and allergic sensitization in Mongolia

scientific article

Primary open-angle glaucoma in 2 monozygotic twin pairs

scientific article published in October 1987

Proportion of women with self-reported opportunistic mammography before organized screening

scientific article published on 4 May 2016

Prospective study of asthma in relation to smoking habits among 14,729 adults

scientific article

Psychiatric hospitalization in twins

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Psychological and social factors in the background of coronary heart disease

scientific article published on 01 January 1991

Psychological and somatic symptoms of anxiety and risk of coronary heart disease: the health and social support prospective cohort study

scientific article

Quality of life three years after major lower extremity amputation due to peripheral arterial disease

scientific article published in December 2009

Quantitative-trait-locus analysis of body-mass index and of stature, by combined analysis of genome scans of five Finnish study groups

scientific article

Recent interpersonal conflict at work and psychiatric morbidity: a prospective study of 15,530 employees aged 24-64.

scientific article

Regional cerebral glucose metabolism in monozygotic twins discordant for Alzheimer's disease

scientific article published in January 2003

Relation between plasma leptin levels and measures of body fat in identical twins discordant for obesity

scientific article published in January 1997

Relationship of leisure-time physical activity and mortality: the Finnish twin cohort

scientific article published in February 1998

Relative effect of genetic and environmental factors on body height: differences across birth cohorts among Finnish men and women

scientific article published on 01 April 2000

Residential exposure to magnetic fields generated by 110-400 kV power lines in Finland

scientific article published in January 1995

Response of hostile individuals to stressful changes in their working lives: test of a psychosocial vulnerability model

scientific article published in July 1998

Responses of blood glucose and serum insulin to peroral glucose load in normoglycemic twins.

scientific article published in January 1984

Rheumatoid arthritis in identical twins: a clinical and immunogenetic study of eight concordant pairs derived from a nationwide twin panel

scientific article published on 01 January 1991

Risk of cancer and exposure to power lines: Author's reply (Finland).

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Risk of cancer in Finnish children living close to power lines

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Role of environment in the development of chronic bronchitis.

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Role of occupational exposure to airway irritants in the development of asthma

scientific article published on January 1, 1992

SELF-REPORT OF TRANSPORTATION NOISE EXPOSURE, ANNOYANCE AND NOISE SENSITIVITY IN RELATION TO NOISE MAP INFORMATION

article by M. HEINONEN-GUZEJEV et al published July 2000 in Journal of Sound and Vibration

SNORING AS A RISK FACTOR FOR HYPERTENSION AND ANGINA PECTORIS

scientific article published on 01 April 1985

Seasonal changes, sleep length and circadian preference among twins with bipolar disorder

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Secondary prevention of coronary heart disease is disappointing among patients of working age

scientific article published on 01 June 2004

Selection bias in disease-related twin studies. Data on 11,154 adult Finnish twin pairs from a nationwide panel

scientific article

Selective international migration by social position, health behaviour and personality

scientific article published on 14 June 2007

Self-reported alcohol use: a longitudinal study of 12,994 adults

Self-reported happiness in life and suicide in ensuing 20 years

scientific article published in May 2003

Self-reported hostility and suicidal acts, accidents, and accidental deaths: a prospective study of 21,443 adults aged 25 to 59.

scientific article published in July 1994

Self-reported life satisfaction and 20-year mortality in healthy Finnish adults

scientific article published in November 2000

Self-reported life satisfaction and alcohol use: a 15-year follow-up of healthy adult twins

scientific article published on 2 January 2012

Self-reported preclinical mobility limitation and fall history as predictors of future falls in older women: prospective cohort study

scientific article

Sense of coherence and disability pensions. A nationwide, register based prospective population study of 2196 adult Finns

scientific article published on June 2005

Sense of coherence and intentions to retire early among Finnish women and men.

scientific article

Sense of coherence and its determinants: A comparative study of the Finnish-speaking majority and the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Sense of coherence as a predictor of subjective state of health: results of 4 years of follow-up of adults

scientific article published on February 2001

Serum IgE levels in twins

scientific article published on 01 January 1980

Serum acute-phase glycoproteins and immune complexes in relation to smoking and respiratory symptoms: an epidemiological study

scientific article published on 01 April 1984

Serum lipids and apolipoprotein E phenotypes in identical twins reared apart.

scientific article published in March 1998

Serum lipids, lipoproteins, and lipid metabolizing enzymes in identical twins discordant for obesity

scientific article published in August 1998

Serum selenium concentration, glutathione peroxidase activity and lipid peroxides in a co-twin control study on multiple sclerosis

scientific article published on 01 June 1989

Sexual symptoms in aging men indicate poor life satisfaction and increased health service consumption

scientific article published in December 2007

Shared genes, shared experiences, and similarity of personality: data from 14,288 adult Finnish co-twins

scientific article

Shared genetic and environmental effects on strength and power in older female twins

scientific article published on January 2005

Shift-work and cardiovascular disease: a population-based 22-year follow-up study

scientific article published on 14 March 2010

Shorter adult stature increases the impact of risk factors for cognitive impairment: a comparison of two Nordic twin cohorts

scientific article published on December 2011

Sleep Disorders in Relation to Coronary Heart Disease

Sleep and mortality: a population-based 22-year follow-up study

scientific article

Sleep bruxism based on self-report in a nationwide twin cohort

scientific article published in March 1998

Sleep disorders in relation to coronary heart disease

scientific article published in January 1982

Sleep disruption, chronotype, shift work, and prostate cancer risk and mortality: A 30-year prospective cohort study of Finnish twins

scientific article (publication date: 12 October 2016)

Sleep duration and breast cancer: a prospective cohort study

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Sleep in monozygotic twin pairs discordant for obesity

scientific article published in January 1996

Sleep patterns as predictors for disability pension due to low back diagnoses: a 23-year longitudinal study of Finnish twins

scientific article published on June 2013

Sleeptalking in twins: epidemiology and psychiatric comorbidity

scientific article published in July 1998

Smoking affects diagnostic salivary periodontal disease biomarker levels in adolescents.

scientific article published in September 2010

Smoking behaviour as a predictor of depression among Finnish men and women: a prospective cohort study of adult twins

scientific article published on 21 December 2006

Smoking cessation by socioeconomic status and marital status: the contribution of smoking behavior and family background

scientific article

Smoking strongly predicts disability retirement due to COPD: the Finnish Twin Cohort Study

article by K. Koskenvuo et al published 1 June 2010 in European Respiratory Journal

Snoring and Cardiovascular Risk Factors

scientific article published on 01 October 1994

Snoring and cardiovascular disease

scientific article published in November 1987

Snoring and disease

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Snoring as a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and stroke in men

scientific article published on 01 March 1987

Snoring as a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and stroke in men.

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Social Support, Early Retirement, and a Retirement Preference: A Study of 10,489 Finnish Adults

scientific article published on 01 April 2003

Social and genetic influences on drinking patterns of adult men: a study of 5638 Finnish twin brothers

article by Jaakko Kaprio et al published 1987 in Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire). Supplement

Social factors and the gender difference in mortality

scientific article published in January 1986

Social networks and patterns of health risk behaviours over two decades: A multi-cohort study

scientific article published on 14 June 2017

Social predictors of adult asthma: a co-twin case-control study

scientific article published on March 2001

Social support and breast cancer: A comparatory study of breast cancer survivors, women with mental depression, women with hypertension and healthy female controls

scientific article

Socioeconomic disadvantage and indicators of risky alcohol-drinking patterns

scientific article published on 5 December 2012

Somatic and psychological characteristics of noise-sensitive adults in Finland

scientific article published in August 2004

Stability and change of body mass index as a predictor of disability pension

scientific article published on 19 January 2016

Stress and survival after cancer: A prospective study of a Finnish population-based cohort

Stress of daily activities and risk of breast cancer: A prospective cohort study in Finland

scientific article published on 01 March 2001

Stressful Life Events and Risk of Breast Cancer in 10,808 Women: A Cohort Study

scientific article published on 01 March 2003

Stressful life events and the onset of asthma

scientific article published on 28 October 2010

Stressful life events promote the manifestation of asthma and atopic diseases

scientific article published on 01 February 2002

Stroke research in GenomEUtwin

scientific article published on October 2003

Structural analysis of smoking, alcohol use, and personality factors in MZ and DZ twin pair relationships

scientific article published on 01 January 1981

Structural validity and temporal stability of the 13-item sense of coherence scale: prospective evidence from the population-based HeSSup study

scientific article published on 8 November 2006

Study of gene-environment effects on development of hyperopia: a study of 191 adult twin pairs from the Finnish Twin Cohort Study.

scientific article published in January 1990

Study protocol for examining job strain as a risk factor for severe unipolar depression in an individual participant meta-analysis of 14 European cohorts

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Subjective measures of binge drinking and alcohol-specific adverse health outcomes: a prospective cohort study.

scientific article published on 26 October 2011

Subjective measures of binge drinking, suboptimal subjective health and alcohol-specific hospitalizations among working-aged adults: a prospective cohort study.

scientific article published on 22 June 2011

Subsequent primary cancers after basal-cell carcinoma: A nationwide study in Finland from 1953 to 1995

scholarly article by Tiina Milán et al published 2000 in International Journal of Cancer

Subsequent primary cancers after basal-cell carcinoma: A nationwide study in Finland from 1953 to 1995.

scientific article published on July 2000

Systemic lupus erythematosus and related systemic diseases in a nationwide twin cohort: an increased prevalence of disease in MZ twins and concordance of disease features

scientific article

Testing of human homologues of murine obesity genes as candidate regions in Finnish obese sib pairs

scientific article

The Finnish Twin Registry: formation and compilation, questionnaire study, zygosity determination procedures, and research program

scientific article published on 01 January 1978

The Genetic and Environmental Effects on Depressive Symptoms Among Older Female Twins

The Genetic and Environmental Effects on Depressive Symptoms Among Older Female Twins

The Ullanlinna Narcolepsy Scale: validation of a measure of symptoms in the narcoleptic syndrome

scientific article published in March 1994

The Working Conditions and Health of Non-Permanent Employees: Are There Differences between Private and Public Labour Markets?

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The association between body height and coronary heart disease among Finnish twins and singletons

scientific article published in February 2003

The association of noise sensitivity with coronary heart and cardiovascular mortality among Finnish adults

scholarly article by M HEINONENGUZEJEV et al published 1 January 2007 in Science of the Total Environment

The burden of symptoms predicts early retirement: a twin cohort study on fibromyalgia-associated symptoms

scientific article published on 11 February 2011

The differences in drinking patterns between Finnish-speaking majority and Swedish-speaking minority in Finland

scientific article

The effect of smoking on periodontal health of 15- to 16-year-old adolescents

scientific article published in November 2008

The epidemiology of narcolepsy in Finland

scientific article published in January 1995

The genetic epidemiology of schizophrenia in a Finnish twin cohort. A population-based modeling study

scientific article published on January 1998

The genetic liability to disability retirement: a 30-year follow-up study of 24,000 Finnish twins

scientific article

The heritability of body mass index among an international sample of monozygotic twins reared apart

scientific article published on 01 June 1996

The inheritance of neuropsychological dysfunction in twins discordant for schizophrenia

scientific article

The polymorphic androgen receptor gene CAG repeat, pituitary-testicular function and andropausal symptoms in ageing men.

scientific article published in June 2003

The prevalence of narcolepsy: an epidemiological study of the Finnish Twin Cohort

scientific article published in June 1994

The protective effect of rural living against atopy in Mongolia

scientific article published on March 2007

The roles of adulthood behavioural factors and familial influences in bone density among men

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

The stability of life satisfaction in a 15-year follow-up of adult Finns healthy at baseline

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The use of tranquilizers, hypnotics and analgesics among 18,592 finnish adults: Associations with recent interpersonal conflicts at work or with a spouse

scientific article published on 01 November 1993

Total and occupationally active life expectancies in relation to social class and marital status in men classified as healthy at 20 in Finland

scientific article

Trends in self-reported sleep duration and insomnia-related symptoms in Finland from 1972 to 2005: a comparative review and re-analysis of Finnish population samples

scientific article published on March 2008

Twin studies in metabolic diseases

scientific article published in October 1992

Twin studies in narcolepsy

scientific article published in December 1994

Twins, smoking and mortality: a 12-year prospective study of smoking-discordant twin pairs

scientific article

Unemployment, depressiveness and disability retirement: a follow-up study of the Finnish HeSSup population sample

scientific article

Use of exogenous hormones and the risk of breast cancer: results from self-reported survey data with validity assessment

scientific article

Validation of a new questionnaire on asthma, allergic rhinitis, and conjunctivitis in young adults

scientific article

Vasoactive and atherogenic effects of cigarette smoking: a study of monozygotic twins discordant for smoking

scientific article published on October 1988

Verbal recall and recognition in twins discordant for schizophrenia

scientific article published on 28 April 2008

Viral antibodies in multiple sclerosis. A nationwide co-twin study

scientific article published in July 1990

Visceral fat and psychosocial stress in identical twins discordant for obesity

scientific article published in January 2002

Vision in relation to lower extremity deficit in older women: cross-sectional and longitudinal study

scientific article published on 19 December 2011

Voxel-based analysis of cerebral glucose metabolism in mono- and dizygotic twins discordant for Alzheimer disease

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Voxel-based morphometry study on monozygotic twins discordant for Alzheimer's disease

scientific article published on 15 September 2015

Weight cycling of athletes and subsequent weight gain in middleage

scientific article published on 28 March 2006

Weight-loss attempts and risk of major weight gain: a prospective study in Finnish adults

scientific article

Wood stove heating, asthma and allergies ⬇️

scientific article published on November 1, 2001

Work stress and risk of cancer: meta-analysis of 5700 incident cancer events in 116,000 European men and women

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Work stress and risk of death in men and women with and without cardiometabolic disease: a multicohort study

scholarly article by Mika Kivimäki et al published September 2018 in The Lancet: Diabetes & Endocrinology

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[The impact of environment and inherited factors in carcinogenesis: analyses from three Nordic twin studies]

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