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Allelic variation at alcohol metabolism genes ( ADH1B , ADH1C , ALDH2 ) and alcohol dependence in an American Indian population
(Springer-Verlag, 2003-09)
Enzymes encoded by two gene families, alcohol dehydrogenase ( ADH ) and aldehyde dehydrogenase ( ALDH ), mediate alcohol metabolism in humans. Allelic variants have been identified that alter metabolic rates and influence ...
Small for gestational age associated with short stature during adolescence
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1994)
This study examined the relationship between intrauterine growth retardation and adolescent stature in a sample of 1510 White subjects (754 males and 756 females) who were evaluated at birth and at the ages of 15, 16, and ...
Negro-Caucasoid differences in permanent tooth emergence at a constant income level
(Elsevier, 1973-05)
Three-thousand, eight-hundred and sixty-eight low-income American Negro boys and girls showed systematic permanent advancement in tooth emergence compared with 5788 low-income boys and girls of European ancestry. Further ...
WHICH TRANSFORMATION FOR NORMALISING SKINFOLD AND FATNESS DISTRIBUTIONS?
(Elsevier, 1987-12-05)
Uses of the present
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1994)
Working with the living, human biologists are in a fortunate position to put individuals and populations of the past in their appropriate quantitative places and to identify and comprehend environmental “stresses” of ...
Obesity, growth and development
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2003-09)
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Developmental, genetic, and environmental components of lung volumes at high altitude
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1997)
Vital capacity and residual lung volume (in terms of 1/min or ml/m 2 of body surface area) of 357 subjects (205 males, 152 females) was evaluated in La Paz, Bolivia, situated at 3,750 m. The sample included: (1) 37 high ...