Sex and age specific effects of chromosomal regions linked to body mass index in the Framingham Study

BMC Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Atwood, Larry D ^a,d   Heard Costa, Nancy L ^a   Fox, Caroline S ^b   Jaquish, Cashell E ^c   Cupples, L Adrienne ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME 8; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RANDOMIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33644605010     PISSN: 14712156     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-7-7     Document Type: Article

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