Evidence for multiple determinants of the body mass index: The national heart, lung, and blood institute family heart study

Obesity Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-114

  Borecki, Ingrid B ^a   Higgins, Millicent ^b   Schreiner, Pamela J ^b   Arnett, Donna K ^b   Mayer Davis, Elizabeth ^c   Hunt, Steven C ^d   Province, Michael A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Major gene; Obesity; Phenocopies; Population heterogeneity; Segregation analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; UNITED STATES;

BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); OBESITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032010984     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1998.tb00323.x     Document Type: Article

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