Principal Components Analysis of Morphological Measures in the Québec Family Study: Familial Correlations

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 725-733

  Gu, Chi ^a   Rice, Treva ^a   Pérusse, Louis ^b   Bouchard, Claude ^b   Rao, D C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0000026796     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6300(1997)9:6<725::AID-AJHB6>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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