Twin studies

Obesity: Genomics and Postgenomics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 39-47

  Kaprio, Jaakko ^a   Harris, Jennifer R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

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