Applying systems biology methods to the study of human physiology in extreme environments

Extreme Physiology and Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Edwards, Lindsay M ^a   Thiele, Ines ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METABOLOMICS; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 84907630708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20467648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-7648-2-8     Document Type: Review

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