Assortative mating by body height and BMI: Finnish twins and their spouses

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 620-627

  Silventoinen, Karri ^a,b   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b   Lahelma, Eero ^b   Viken, Richard J ^c   Rose, Richard J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE; TWINS;

AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0042887487     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10183     Document Type: Article

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