Genetic and environmental factors in relative body weight and human adiposity

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 325-351

  Maes, Hermine H M ^a   Neale, Michael C ^a   Eaves, Lindon J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption studies; Body mass index; Body weight; Environmental factors; Family studies; Genetic factors; Heritability; Human adiposity; Review; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADULT; ASSORTATIVE MATING; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OBESITY; REVIEW; SIBLING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWINS;

ADOPTION; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWIN STUDIES; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 0030843960     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025635913927     Document Type: Review

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