Considerations on Efforts Needed to Improve Our Understanding of the Genetics of Obesity

Overview

Journal Int J Obes (Lond)

Specialty Endocrinology

Date 2024 Jun 7

PMID 38849463

Authors

Sujoy Ghosh

Claude Bouchard

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