Energy budget in free-living animals: A novel approach based on the doubly labeled water method

American Journal of Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 4 PART 2, 1997, Pages

  Kam, Michael ^a   Degen, A Allan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dietary habits; Energy balance; Energy expenditure; Gas exchange conversion factor; Metabolizable energy intake

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745366032     PISSN: 00029513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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