Effect of constitution on mass of individual organs and their association with metabolic rate in Humans-A detailed view on allometric scaling

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Müller, Manfred J ^a   Langemann, Dirk ^b   Gehrke, Isabel ^a   Later, Wiebke ^a   Heller, Martin ^c   Glüer, Claus C ^c   Heymsfield, Steven B ^d   Bosy Westphal, Anja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^d PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CALORIMETRY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FAT FREE MASS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN MASS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY CONSTITUTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960764936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022732     Document Type: Article

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