Sex difference in heritability of BMI in South Korean adolescent twins

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2908-2911

  Hur, Yoon Mi ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adolescents; BMI; Genetic epidemiology; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 39149127009     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.346     Document Type: Article

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