Genetic pleiotropy between asthma and obesity in a community-based sample of twins
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- 31 December 2005
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
- Vol. 116 (6) , 1235-1241
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2005.09.016
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