Serum leptin levels in Ache Amerindian females with normal adiposity are not significantly different from American anorexia nervosa patients

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 207-210

  Bribiescas, Richard G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; OBESITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANOREXIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; LEPTIN; OBESITY; PARAGUAY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; UNITED STATES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 16344387150     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20108     Document Type: Article

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