Childbirth moderates the genetic and environmental influences on BMI in adult twins

Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1646-1647

  Rebollo Mesa, Irene ^a   Ordõana, Juan R ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRTH; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; TWINS;

ADULT; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PARTURITION; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 67749084122     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.108     Document Type: Article

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