Abdominal fat and sleep apnea: The chicken or the egg?

Diabetes Care

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Oltmanns, Kerstin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; LEPTIN;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LETTER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 64349101266     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc08-0677     Document Type: Letter

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