Time to reappraise the use of body mass index in genetic association studies of children?

Paul W Franks¹

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¹ Department of Clinical Sciences, Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Lund University Diabetes Center, Skåne University Hospital Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden; Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden; Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

PMID: 25137552
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20858

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Time to reappraise the use of body mass index in genetic association studies of children?

Paul W Franks. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2014 Oct.

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. 2014 Oct;22(10):2260-1.

doi: 10.1002/oby.20858. Epub 2014 Aug 18.

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Paul W Franks¹

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¹ Department of Clinical Sciences, Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Lund University Diabetes Center, Skåne University Hospital Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden; Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden; Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

PMID: 25137552
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20858

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