Cross-trait familial resemblance for resting blood pressure and body composition and fat distribution: The HERITAGE family study

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 32-41

  An, Ping ^a   Rice, Treva ^a   Gagnon, Jacques ^b   Leon, Arthur S ^c   Skinner, James S ^d   Wilmore, Jack H ^e   Bouchard, Claude ^b   Rao, D C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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