Uncoupling proteins: Do they have a role in body weight regulation?

News in Physiological Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 313-318

  Dulloo, Abdul G ^a   Samec, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0034556981     PISSN: 08861714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.2000.15.6.313     Document Type: Article

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