Linkage mapping of CVD risk traits in the isolated Norfolk Island population

Human Genetics

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 543-552

  Bellis, C ^a,b   Cox, H C ^a   Dyer, T D ^b   Charlesworth, J C ^b   Begley, K N ^a   Quinlan, S ^a   Lea, R A ^a,c   Heath, S C ^d   Blangero, J ^b   Griffiths, L R ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE GÉNOTYPAGE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORFOLK ISLAND; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LOD SCORE; MALE; MELANESIA; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 57049087448     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-008-0580-y     Document Type: Article

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