Genetic epidemiology of bmi and body mass change from adolescence to young adulthood

Obesity

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1474-1476

  North, Kari E ^a,b   Graff, Mariaelisa ^a,c   Adair, Linda S ^a,c   Lange, Ethan M ^b,d   Lange, Leslie A ^b,d   Guo, Guang ^b   Gordon Larsen, Penny ^a,c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PUBERTY; SIBLING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; PUBERTY; SIBLINGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954142147     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.350     Document Type: Article

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