Association of adenovirus infection with human obesity

Obesity Research

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 464-469

  Dhurandhar, Nikhil V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bodyweight; Chickens; Cholesterol; Triglycerides; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADENOVIRUS; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVIADENOVIRUS; BLOOD; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICK EMBRYO; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOGENICITY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; AVIADENOVIRUS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHICK EMBRYO; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; OBESITY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0031228129     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1997.tb00672.x     Document Type: Article

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