Braking the Accelerator Hypothesis?

Diabetologia

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 352-353

  Porter, J R ^a   Barrett, T G ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerator; Besity; Body mass index; Insulin resistance; Type 1 diabetes o

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CATABOLISM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LETTER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH ASIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE;

EID: 1542314922     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-003-1291-5     Document Type: Letter

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