Serum leptin levels and adiposity in adult Chinese: A preliminary observation

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 801-804

  Chen, Mingdao ^a   Gu, Weiqiong ^a   Tang, Jinfeng ^a   Li, Fengying ^a   Zhu, Dingliang ^b   Wang, Guliang ^b   Chen, Chunrong ^a   Hu, Renming ^a   Xu, Manyin ^a   Chen, Jialun ^a  

^a SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Institute of Hypertension   (China)

Author keywords

BMI; Leptin; Obesity

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REFERENCE VALUE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REFERENCE VALUES; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0039106580     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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