Reverse relationship between blood boron level and body mass index in humans: Does it matter for obesity?

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 153, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 141-144

  Hasbahceci, Mustafa ^a   Cipe, Gokhan ^a   Kadioglu, Huseyin ^a   Aysan, Erhan ^a   Muslumanoglu, Mahmut ^a  

^a BEZMIALEM VAKIF UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adults; Body mass index; Boron; Morbid; Obesity; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BORON;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; BORON BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BORON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY;

EID: 84878413371     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-013-9680-1     Document Type: Article

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