Leptin and body composition of Nigerians, Jamaicans, and US blacks

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 391-396

  Luke, Amy H ^a   Rotimi, Charles N ^b   Cooper, Richard S ^b   Long, Andrew E ^b   Forrester, Terrence E ^b   Wilks, Rainford ^b   Bennett, Franklyn I ^b   Ogunbiyi, Olufemi ^b   Compton, Joyce A ^b   Bowsher, Ronald R ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blacks; Body fat; Jamaica; Leptin; Nigeria; Obesity; Population sample; Total body water; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY;

EID: 0031886066     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/67.3.391     Document Type: Article

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