The menopause and obesity

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 317-325

  Lovejoy, Jennifer C ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN;

ADULT; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BODY FAT; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; ESTROGEN RELEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0038729647     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0095-4543(03)00012-5     Document Type: Review

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