On the Futility of Screening for Genes That Make You Fat

J. Lennert Veerman

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001114

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On the Futility of Screening for Genes That Make You Fat

J. Lennert Veerman

* E-mail: l.veerman@uq.edu.au

Affiliation School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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On the Futility of Screening for Genes That Make You Fat

J. Lennert Veerman

Published: November 1, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001114

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