Canaries in the coal mine: a cross-species analysis of the plurality of obesity epidemics.

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Published in Proc Biol Sci on November 24, 2010

Authors

Yann C Klimentidis1, T Mark Beasley, Hui-Yi Lin, Giulianna Murati, Gregory E Glass, Marcus Guyton, Wendy Newton, Matthew Jorgensen, Steven B Heymsfield, Joseph Kemnitz, Lynn Fairbanks, David B Allison

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA.

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