Genetics and Obesity: What Does It Mean to the Clinician?

Obesity Management

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 100-104

  Bouchard, Claude ^a   Rankinen, Tuomo ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 57149115907     PISSN: 15451712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/obe.2005.1.100     Document Type: Article

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