The '39 steps': An algorithm for performing statistical analysis of data on energy intake and expenditure

DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 293-301

  Speakman, John R ^a,b   Fletcher, Quinn ^a   Vaanholt, Lobke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAMMAL; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84875178453     PISSN: 17548403     EISSN: 17548411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dmm.009860     Document Type: Article

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