Major gene for abdominal visceral fat area in the Québec Family Study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 420-427

  Bouchard, C ^a,b   Rice, T ^a   Lemieux, S ^a   Despres J P ^b   Perusse L ^a   Rao, D C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fat distribution; Genetics; Heritability; Obesity; Segregation analysis; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BODY FAT; CANADA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR GENE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; VARIANCE; VISCERA;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; QUEBEC;

EID: 0029921699     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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