Familial risk ratios for extreme obesity: Implications for mapping human obesity genes

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 935-940

  Lee, J H ^a   Reed, D R ^a   Price, R A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Familial risk ratio; Family study; Lambda; Linkage; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; ETIOLOGY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

EID: 0030868010     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800498     Document Type: Article

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