Genomewide linkage analysis of body mass index across 28 years of the Framingham Heart Study

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1044-1050

  Atwood, Larry D ^a,c   Heard Costa, Nancy L ^a   Cupples, L Adrienne ^c   Jaquish, Cashell E ^e   Wilson, Peter W F ^b   D'agostino, Ralph B ^d  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

^b Boston University Medical Campus   (United States)

^c University School of Public Health   (United States)

^d Boston University   (United States)

^e Division of Prevention and Population Sciences National Heart Lung Blood Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; COVARIANCE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; MARKER GENE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

EID: 0036844002     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/343822     Document Type: Article

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