Brown adipose tissue and the regulation of body fat stores

Current Opinion in Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 44-50

  Susulic, Vedrana S ^a   Lowell, Bradford B ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0344567923     PISSN: 10683097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00060793-199602000-00008     Document Type: Article

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