Core body temperature in obesity

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 963-967

  Heikens, Marc J ^a   Gorbach, Alexander M ^b   Eden, Henry S ^b   Savastano, David M ^a   Chen, Kong Y ^c   Skarulis, Monica C ^c   Yanovski, Jack A ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; OBESITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 79955458688     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.006270     Document Type: Article

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