Familial resemblance for abdominal visceral fat: The HERITAGE family study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1024-1031

  Rice, T ^a,g   Despres J P ^b,c   Daw, E W ^a   Gagnon, J ^b   Borecki, I B ^a   Perusse L ^b   Leon, A S ^d   Skinner, J S ^e   Wilmore, J H ^f   Rao, D C ^a,g   Bouchard, C ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heritability; Sedentary; Total fat mass

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPOUSE;

EID: 0004795334     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800511     Document Type: Article

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