Obesity, whole blood serotonin and sex differences in healthy volunteers

Obesity Facts

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 399-407

  Hodge, Stephanie ^a   Bunting, Brendan P ^a   Carr, Edwin ^b   Strain, J J ^a   Stewart Knox, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropometric; BMI; DEXA; Healthy volunteers; Serotonin; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEROTONIN; SEX FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84863898499     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339981     Document Type: Article

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