Correlation between serum leptin levels, body mass index and obesity in Omanis

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 27-31

  Al Maskari, Masoud Y ^a   Alnaqdy, Adel A ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Body weight; Leptin; Obesity; Oman

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894896323     PISSN: 2075051X     EISSN: 20750528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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