Hot fat in a cool man: Infrared thermography and brown adipose tissue

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-93

  Lee, P ^a,b   Ho, K K Y ^a,b   Greenfield, J R ^a,b  

^a GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIMETRY; CASE REPORT; COLD EXPOSURE; CORE TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; LETTER; MALE; METABOLISM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 78649693193     PISSN: 14628902     EISSN: 14631326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2010.01318.x     Document Type: Letter

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