The heritability of body mass index among an international sample of monozygotic twins reared apart

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 501-506

  Allison, D B ^a,f   Kaprio, J ^b   Korkeila, M ^b   Koskenvuo, M ^c   Neale, M C ^d   Hayakawa, K ^e  

^a Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Genetics; Heritability; Obesity; Separated twins; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; STATISTICS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0029901391     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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