Genetic epidemiology of obesity. Family studies;Epidemiología genética de la obesidad: Estudios familiares

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 349-361

  Jose Luis Santos M ^a,b   Martínez H , José Alfredo ^b   Pérez B , Francisco ^a   Albala B , Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alleles; Body weight; Ethnicity; Genes; Obesity

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHROMOSOME MAP; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; TWINS;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DISEASES IN TWINS; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; TWIN STUDIES;

EID: 30844468449     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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