Familial concordance for height and its components: Analyses from the breakthrough generations study

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-27

  Morris, Danielle H ^a   Jones, Michael E ^a   Schoemaker, Minouk J ^a   Ashworth, Alan ^a   Swerdlow, Anthony J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83555161537     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21230     Document Type: Article

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