Family studies

Obesity: Genomics and Postgenomics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 19-27

  Rasmussen, Finn ^a   Magnusson, Patrik K E ^a   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b The Capital Region   (Denmark)

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