A proposed heuristic for communicating heritability estimates to the general public, with obesity as an example

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 441-445

  Allison, David B ^a,b   Faith, Myles S ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

Body mass index; Heritability; Obesity; Public communication; Quantitative traits

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; OBESITY;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; OBESITY; RISK;

EID: 0030771890     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025670316169     Document Type: Article

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