The genetic epidemiology of thinness

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 107-115

  Bulik, C M ^a   Allison, D B ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Leanness; Obesity resistance; Thinness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 0035342146     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-789x.2001.00030.x     Document Type: Article

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