Genetic influences on adult weight gain and maximum body mass index in male twins.

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Published in Am J Epidemiol on October 15, 1994

Authors

R R Fabsitz1, P Sholinsky, D Carmelli

Author Affiliations

1: Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892.

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