Gender differences in metabolic syndrome - a key research issue

Endocrine, Metabolic and Immune Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 182-188

  Iyer, Abishek ^a   Kauter, Kathleen ^b   Brown, Lindsay ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Female bias; Inflammation; Metabolic syndrome; Rat reproductive biology; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LIPID DIET; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 79961037978     PISSN: 18715303     EISSN: 18715303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187153011796429808     Document Type: Article

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