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. 2003 Feb 15;326(7385):396.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.396/a.

Assortative mating may explain spouses' risk of same disease

Gonneke Willemsen, Jacqueline M Vink, Dorret I Boomsma
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Assortative mating may explain spouses' risk of same disease

Gonneke Willemsen et al. BMJ. .
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Odds of smoking (current smoking and ever smoked), participating in exercise (sport and cycling), and alcohol problems in women whose partner had the same lifestyle compared with women whose partner did not. Logistic regression analyses were adjusted for age and body mass index of both men and women
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