Variability in the heritability of body mass index: A systematic review and meta-regression

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue FEB, 2012, Pages

  Elks, Cathy E ^a   Hoed, Marcel den ^a   Zhao, Jing Hua ^a   Sharp, Stephen J ^a   Wareham, Nicholas J ^a   Loos, Ruth J F ^a   Ong, Ken K ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Family study; Heritability; Twin study

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865640231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2012.00029     Document Type: Article

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