Seasonal variation of lipid-lowering effects of complex spa therapy

Forschende Komplementarmedizin und Klassische Naturheilkunde

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 78-84

  Strauss Blasche, Gerhard ^a,b   Ekmekcioglu, C ^a   Leibetseder, V ^a   Marktl, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Balneotherapy; Seasonal variation; Serum lipids; Spa therapy; Weight reduction

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; AUTUMN; BALNEOTHERAPY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LABORATORY TEST; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPA TREATMENT; SPRING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WINTER;

EID: 0038647307     PISSN: 14247364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071666     Document Type: Article

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