Genetic and environmental factors in relative weight from birth to age 18: The Swedish Young Male Twins Study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 615-621

  Silventoinen, K ^a   Pietilainen K H ^b   Tynelius, P ^c   Sorensen T I A ^d   Kaprio, J ^a,e   Rasmussen, F ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

^d The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Child; Environment; Genes; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC REGULATION; GROWTH PERIOD; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; SWEDEN; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33947607584     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803577     Document Type: Article

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