Genetic and behavioral determinants of waist-hip ratio and waist circumference in women twins

Obesity Research

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 383-392

  Rose, Kathryn M ^a,d   Newman, Beth ^a   Mayer Davis, Elizabeth J ^b   Selby, Joseph V ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Central adiposity; Heritability; Twins

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESTROGEN THERAPY; EXERCISE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; SMOKING; TWINS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIOR; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY FATS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ETHANOL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; SMOKING;

EID: 0032198565     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1998.tb00369.x     Document Type: Article

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