Familial aggregation of subcutaneous fat patterning: Principal components of skinfolds in the Québec Family Study

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 535-542

  Li, Zhaohai ^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: 0009073989     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6300(1996)8:4<535::aid-ajhb13>3.3.co;2-k     Document Type: Article

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