The effect of fasting month of Ramadan on the abdominal fat distribution: Assessment by computed tomography

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 179-187

  Yucel, Aylin ^a   Degirmenci, Bumin ^a   Acar, Murat ^a   Albayrak, Ramazan ^a   Haktanir, Alpay ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Computed tomography; Fat

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THIGH; VISCERA; VOLUNTEER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TURKEY;

EID: 10244250417     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.204.179     Document Type: Article

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