Relationship of serum leptin to total and truncal body fat

Clinical Science

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 581-584

  Solin, Melina S ^a   Ball, Madeleine J ^a   Robertson, Iain ^b   De Silva, Andrea ^a   Pasco, Julie A ^c   Kotowicz, Mark A ^c   Nicholson, Geoff C ^c   Collier, Greg R ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body fat distribution; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Leptin; Obesity

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030698666     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/cs0930581     Document Type: Article

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