Item Details

title

Implication of European-derived adiposity loci in African Americans

author

Hester, Jessica Marie

abstract

Obesity is a major public health problem, resulting in increased morbidity and mortality and heavy economic burdens on health-care systems. In the United States, the financial consequence is considerable. A great deal of effort has been dedicated to research with the goal of understanding factors mediating disease risk and progression of obesity.

subject

African American

BMI

Genome-wide association study

Obesity

contributor

Bowden, Donald W (committee chair)

Howard, Timothy D (committee member)

Nicklas, Barbara (committee member)

Hawkins, Gregory A (committee member)

date

2013-06-06T21:19:23Z (accessioned)

2013-06-06T21:19:23Z (available)

2013 (issued)

degree

Molecular Genetics & Genomics (discipline)

identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/38518 (uri)

language

en (iso)

publisher

Wake Forest University

type

Dissertation