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Vietnam Era Twin Registry
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The '''Vietnam Era Twin Registry''' (abbreviated '''VET Registry''') is a [[twin registry]] containing 7,369 male-male twin pairs who all served in the [[United States Armed Forces]] during the [[Vietnam War]] (defined as the period from 1964 to 1975). As of 2013, it is one of the largest national adult twin samples in the [[United States]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> All of the twins in the registry were born between 1939 and 1955.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Though it was originally formed to study the effects of [[military service]] on health, it has since been widely used to study the role of genetics in many specific mental and physical illnesses.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==History==
The Vietnam Era Twin Registry was constructed by the [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs]] (VA) from military records in the 1980s.<ref></ref> The registry is also based on two other data sources: a 1987 questionnaire mailed to the registry's members and the VA's computerized databases.<ref name=phr/> Potential twins were identified using an [[algorithm]] which aimed to identify pairs of individuals with the same last name, different first names, and similar [[Social Security Number]]s, among other characteristics; twin status was then confirmed by examining military records.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> The registry was officially created in 1987<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and was opened to non-VA investigators in 1988.<ref name=phr>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==References==
[[Category:Twin studies]]
[[Category:United States Department of Veterans Affairs]]
==History==
The Vietnam Era Twin Registry was constructed by the [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs]] (VA) from military records in the 1980s.<ref></ref> The registry is also based on two other data sources: a 1987 questionnaire mailed to the registry's members and the VA's computerized databases.<ref name=phr/> Potential twins were identified using an [[algorithm]] which aimed to identify pairs of individuals with the same last name, different first names, and similar [[Social Security Number]]s, among other characteristics; twin status was then confirmed by examining military records.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> The registry was officially created in 1987<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and was opened to non-VA investigators in 1988.<ref name=phr>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==References==
[[Category:Twin studies]]
[[Category:United States Department of Veterans Affairs]]
August 16, 2018 at 07:13AM
