Increased plasma levels of zinc in obese adult females on a weight-loss program based on a hypocaloric balanced diet

In Vivo

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1035-1038

  Ishikawa, Yuko ^a   Kudo, Hideki ^a   Kagawa, Yasuo ^a   Sakamoto, Shinobu ^b  

^a KAGAWA NUTRITION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body fat; Obesity; Triglyceride; Weight loss dieting; Zinc

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CELL DIVISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LOW CALORY DIET; OBESITY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC URINE LEVEL;

EID: 27744536542     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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