The estrogen hypothesis of obesity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Grantham, James P ^a   Henneberg, Maciej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; LIPID; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIET; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; METABOLISM; RURAL POPULATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; URBAN POPULATION;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY; RURAL POPULATION; SIBLINGS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84902665730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099776     Document Type: Article

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