Brown adipose tissue and seasonal variation in humans

Diabetes

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2583-2587

  Au Yong, Iain T H ^a   Thorn, Natasha ^a   Ganatra, Rakesh ^a   Perkins, Alan C ^a   Symonds, Michael E ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350536563     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: 1939327X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/db09-0833     Document Type: Article

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