Familial aggregation of body mass index and subcutaneous fat measures in the longitudinal Quebec Family Study

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 316-334

  Rice, Treva ^a   Pérusse, Louis ^b   Bouchard, Claude ^b   Rao, D C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bivariate; Environmental; Genetic; Heritability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUEBEC;

EID: 0345222490     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1999)16:3<316::AID-GEPI7>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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