Stable genes and changing environments: Body mass index across adolescence and young adulthood

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 495-504

  Haberstick, Brett C ^a   Lessem, Jeffery M ^a   McQueen, Matthew B ^a   Boardman, Jason D ^a   Hopfer, Christian J ^b   Smolen, Andrew ^a   Hewitt, John K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Add Health; Adolescence; Body mass index; Genetics; Longitudinal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BODY MASS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SIBLING; TWIN ZYGOSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; SEX FACTORS; SIBLINGS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956187860     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-009-9327-3     Document Type: Article

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