Epidemic obesity: are genetic factors involved via increased rates of assortative mating?
- 1 March 2000
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in International Journal of Obesity
- Vol. 24 (3) , 345-353
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0801135
Abstract
International Journal of Obesity is a monthly, multi-disciplinary forum for papers describing basic, clinical and applied studies in biochemistry, genetics and nutrition, together with molecular, metabolic, psychological and epidemiological aspects of obesity and related disordersKeywords
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