Familial aggregation of abdominal visceral fat level: Results from the Quebec family study

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 378-382

  Pérusse, Louis ^a   Despres J P ^b   Lemieux, Simone ^b   Rice, Treva ^b   Rao, D C ^b   Bouchard, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CANADA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCERA;

EID: 0029879773     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(96)90294-2     Document Type: Article

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