Diet, obesity and hypertension: An hypothesis involving insulin, the sympathetic nervous system, and adaptive thermogenesis

QJM

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 1081-1090

  Landsberg, Lewis ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIET; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THERMOGENESIS;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DIET; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN; OBESITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0022856921     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.qjmed.a068066     Document Type: Article

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