Data from necropsy studies and in vitro tissue studies lead to a model for allometric scaling of basal metabolic rate

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Painter, Page R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; AUTOPSY; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BRAIN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BIOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 26844451343     PISSN: 17424682     EISSN: 17424682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-2-39     Document Type: Review

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