Biogeographic Ancestry Is Associated with Higher Total Body Adiposity among African-American Females: The Boston Area Community Health Survey
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Title
Biogeographic Ancestry Is Associated with Higher Total Body Adiposity among African-American Females: The Boston Area Community Health Survey
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Keywords
African American people, Nutrition, Obesity, Educational attainment, Body mass index, Physical activity, Hispanic people, Diet
Journal
PLoS One
Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages e0122808
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Online
2015-04-14
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0122808
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