Metabolic, biochemical and psychiatric alterations in healthy subjects during Ramadan

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 209-211

  Furuncuoglu, Yavuz ^a   Karaca, Ender ^a   Aras, Sükrü ^a   Yönem, Arif ^b  

^a MEDICAL PARK HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Fasting; Metabolism; Ramadan

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LIPID METABOLISM; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOSLEM; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BELIEF; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 34147140575     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2007.209.211     Document Type: Article

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