Body mass index and leptin levels in three Chilean aboriginal populations;Asociación obesidad y leptina en tres poblaciones aborígenes de Chile

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-52

  Pérez B, Francisco ^a   Santos M, José Luis ^b   Albala B, Cecilia ^b   Calvillán C, Marcelo ^b   Carrasco P, Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Leptin; Obesity

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CHILE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033660548     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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