Fedmens genetik

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Fedmens genetik. / Echwald, Søren Morgenthaler; Larsen, Philip Just; Pedersen, Oluf Borbye; Sørensen, Thorkild I A.

In: Ugeskrift for læger, Vol. 168, No. 2, 2006, p. 150-152.

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Harvard

Echwald, SM, Larsen, PJ, Pedersen, OB & Sørensen, TIA 2006, 'Fedmens genetik', Ugeskrift for læger, vol. 168, no. 2, pp. 150-152.

APA

Echwald, S. M., Larsen, P. J., Pedersen, O. B., & Sørensen, T. I. A. (2006). Fedmens genetik. Ugeskrift for læger, 168(2), 150-152.

Vancouver

Echwald SM, Larsen PJ, Pedersen OB, Sørensen TIA. Fedmens genetik. Ugeskrift for læger. 2006;168(2):150-152.

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Echwald, Søren Morgenthaler ; Larsen, Philip Just ; Pedersen, Oluf Borbye ; Sørensen, Thorkild I A. / Fedmens genetik. In: Ugeskrift for læger. 2006 ; Vol. 168, No. 2. pp. 150-152.

Bibtex

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RIS

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