Measurement of leptin in dried blood spot samples

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 857-860

  Miller, Aaron A ^a,b   Sharrock, Katherine C B ^a   McDade, Thomas W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LEPTIN; LINEAR MODELS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33750883663     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20566     Document Type: Article

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