Genetic and environmental contributions to BMI in adolescent and young adult women

Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1040-1043

  Duncan, Alexis E ^a   Agrawal, Arpana ^a   Grant, Julia D ^a   Bucholz, Kathleen K ^a   Madden, Pamela A F ^a   Heath, Andrew C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL GENETICS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEGRO; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MISSOURI; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349255289     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.643     Document Type: Article

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