Relationship of intra-abdominal adiposity and peripheral fat distribution to lipid metabolism in an island population in western Japan: Gender differences and effect of menopause

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 189-202

  Manabe, Eiji ^a   Aoyagi, Kiyoshi ^a   Tachibana, Hiroki ^a   Takemoto, Tai Ichiro ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT; LIPID;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MENOPAUSE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; FATS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIPIDS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0033155269     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.188.189     Document Type: Article

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