Familial aggregation of physical activity levels in the Québec family study

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1137-1142

  Simonen, Riitta L ^a,b,c   Pérusse, Louis ^a,b,c   Rankinen, Tuomo ^a,b,c   Rice, Treva ^a,b,c   Rao, D C ^a,b,c   Bouchard, Claude ^a,b,c  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental variation; Exercise; Family; Genetic; Heritability; Leisure time; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROGENY;

EID: 0036308381     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200207000-00014     Document Type: Article

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