Heat and life: The ongoing scientific odyssey

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 319-332

  Heymsfield, Steven B ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN 15; OXYGEN 17;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER PATIENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ELEPHANT; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THERMODYNAMICS; ARTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; LIFE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT;

BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEAT; HUMANS; LIFE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0036839028     PISSN: 01486071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148607102026006319     Document Type: Conference Paper

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