Evidence for gender-specific associations between leptin and olfaction

Journal of Gender-Specific Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 25-32

  Karlsson, A Cecilia ^a   Lindroos, Anna Karin ^a   Lissner, Lauren ^b   Torgerson, Jarl S ^a   Carlsson, Björn ^a   Carlsson, Lena M S ^a   Sjöström, Lars ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; LEPTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBESITY; ODOR; POPULATION RESEARCH; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMELLING; SMOKING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SMELL; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036865135     PISSN: 15237036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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