Abdominal fat distribution and metabolic risk factors: Effects of race

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1119-1124

  Lovejoy, Jennifer C ^a   De La Bretonne, Jacques A ^b   Klemperer, Mark ^b   Tulley, Richard ^b  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 0029761802     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(96)90011-6     Document Type: Article

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