Distribution and heritability of BMI in Finnish adolescents aged 16 y and 17 y: A study of 4884 twins and 2509 singletons

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-115

  Pietilainen K H ^a   Kaprio, J ^a   Rissanen, A ^b   Winter, T ^a   Rimpela A ^c   Viken, R J ^d   Rose, R J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*  (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body mass index; Genetic factors; Longitudinal studies; Obesity; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

EID: 0032906713     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800767     Document Type: Article

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