The influence of sex hormones on obesity across the female life span

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1247-1256

  Lovejoy, Jennifer C ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

AWARENESS; BODY FAT; BREAST CANCER; CALORIC INTAKE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART DISEASE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33847708561     PISSN: 10597115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.1998.7.1247     Document Type: Review

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