Genetic and functional investigation of sequence variation associated with the related phenotypes: birth weight, obesity, and type 2 diabetes (T2D)

Background: Global incidence of obesity and Type 2 diabetes (T2D) has increased rapidly in the last fifty years and even more rapidly in immigrant ethnic minority communities in Western countries. There is evidence of a connection between birth weight and the subsequent risk of obesity and T2D in ad...

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Main Author: Towns, Laura Katherine
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/8293/1/851180.pdf