Online communication about genetics and body weight: implications for health behavior and internet-based education.

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Published in J Health Commun on November 29, 2012

Authors

Susan Persky1, Saskia C Sanderson, Laura M Koehly

Author Affiliations

1: Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. perskys@mail.nih.gov

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