Genetic and environmental contributions to weight, height, and bmi from birth to 19 years of age: An international study of over 12,000 twin pairs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Dubois, Lise ^a   Ohm Kyvik, Kirsten ^b,c   Girard, Manon ^a   Tatone Tokuda, Fabiola ^a   Pérusse, Daniel ^d   Hjelmborg, Jacob ^b   Skytthe, Axel ^c   Rasmussen, Finn ^e   Wright, Margaret J ^f   Lichtenstein, Paul ^e   Martin, Nicholas G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SWEDEN; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856735797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030153     Document Type: Article

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