Update From Sri Lankan Twin Registry: Establishment of a Population-Based Twin Register and Ongoing Project on Common Mental Disorders, Alcohol Abuse and Suicidal Ideations
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Update from Sri Lankan Twin Registry: establishment of a population-based twin register and ongoing project on common mental disorders, alcohol abuse and suicidal ideations.
The Sri Lankan Twin Registry began as a volunteer register in 1997. Previously, we have shown door-to-door surveys as the best option to build a population-based twin register of older, adult twins. Our aim was to build a population-based twin register in the Colombo district and use it for twin studies on common mental disorders. We aimed to identify a random sample of 4000 twins ascertained t...
متن کاملUpdate From Sri Lankan Twin Registry: Establishment of a Population-Based Twin
Twin Research and Human Genetics Volume 9 Number 6 pp. 868–874 T Sri Lankan Twin Registry began as a volunteer register in 1997. Previously, we have shown doorto-door surveys as the best option to build a population-based twin register of older, adult twins. Our aim was to build a population-based twin register in the Colombo district and use it for twin studies on common mental disorders. We a...
متن کاملUpdate From Sri Lankan Twin Registry: Establishment of a Population-Based
Twin Research and Human Genetics Volume 9 Number 6 pp. 868–874 T Sri Lankan Twin Registry began as a volunteer register in 1997. Previously, we have shown doorto-door surveys as the best option to build a population-based twin register of older, adult twins. Our aim was to build a population-based twin register in the Colombo district and use it for twin studies on common mental disorders. We a...
متن کاملSri Lankan Twin Registry.
Sri Lanka is an island with genetic diversity between the five main population groups. Our twin registry is the first in the developing world. Initially, we established a volunteer cohort of 4600 twin pairs through a competition advertised in the media. In addition, we have volunteer cohorts, birth registration-based cohorts through hospitals, and community-based cohorts. There is also a nation...
متن کاملColombo Twin and Singleton Study (CoTASS): A description of a population based twin study of mental disorders in Sri Lanka
BACKGROUND The Sri Lankan twin registry is one of the first to be established in a developing country, and its design has ensured sampling from a wide range of environmental conditions. It thus has great potential to examine environmental and genetic influences on diverse phenotypes, including psychiatric disorders, in the context of a diversity of environmental exposures, which may not have be...
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عنوان ژورنال: Twin Research and Human Genetics
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1832-4274,0000-0000
DOI: 10.1375/183242706779462679