No difference in serum leptin concentrations between urban-dwelling austronesians and non-austronesians in Papua New Guinea

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 696-703

  Tanaka, Mika ^a,b   Umezaki, Masahiro ^a,c   Natsuhara, Kazumi ^a,d   Yamauchi, Taro ^a   Inaoka, Tsukasa ^e   Kongo, Tetsuro ^f   Nagano, Megumi ^g   Watanabe, Chiho ^a   Ohtsuka, Ryutaro ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FUKUOKA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f YAMANASHI INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^g KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRONESIAN; BODY FAT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; OBESITY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 30544451996     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20445     Document Type: Article

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