The Effect of Ramadan Fasting on Fasting Serum Glulcose in Healthy Adults

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 678-680

  Larijani, Bagher ^a   Zahedi, F ^a   Sanjari, M ^a   Amini, M R ^a   Jalili, R B ^a   Adibi, H ^a   Vassigh, A R ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Calorie intake; Fasting; Ramadan; Serum glucose

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOSLEM; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIGION;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; RELIGION AND MEDICINE;

EID: 1842684109     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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