Effects of gender, ethnicity, body composition, and fat distribution on serum leptin concentrations in children

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2148-2152

  Nagy, Tim R ^a   Gower, Barbara A ^a   Trowbridge, Christina A ^a   Dezenberg, Carl ^a   Shewchuk, Richard M ^b   Goran, Michael I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BODY FAT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE FACTORS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PROTEINS; SEX;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030754054     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.7.2148     Document Type: Article

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