Ethnicity, body mass, and genome-wide data

Biodemography and Social Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-136

  Boardman, Jason D ^a   Blalock, Casey L ^a   Corley, Robin P ^a   Stallings, Michael C ^a   Domingue, Benjamin W ^a   McQueen, Matthew B ^a   Crowley, Thomas J ^a   Hewitt, John K ^a   Lu, Ying ^b   Field, Samuel H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 78650102355     PISSN: 19485565     EISSN: 19485573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.2010.524589     Document Type: Article

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