The reconstruction of Kleiber's law at the organ-tissue level

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 131, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2967-2970

  Wang, Z ^a   O'Connor, T P ^a   Heshka, S ^a   Heymsfield, S B ^a  

^a Coll of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Energy metabolism; Kleiber's law

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIOENERGY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; CALCULATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HEART; HUMAN; KIDNEY; KLEIBER LAW; LIVER; MAMMAL; MASS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN;

EID: 0035163545     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/131.11.2967     Document Type: Article

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