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Increasing Genetic Variance of Body Mass Index during the Swedish Obesity Epidemic
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: There is no doubt that the dramatic worldwide increase in obesity prevalence is due to changes in environmental factors. However, twin and family studies suggest that genetic differences are responsible for the major part of the variation in adiposity within populations. R...
Autores principales: | Rokholm, Benjamin, Silventoinen, Karri, Tynelius, Per, Gamborg, Michael, Sørensen, Thorkild I. A., Rasmussen, Finn |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3210134/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22087252 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027135 |
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