Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in Health and Disease

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Fantuzzi, Giamila (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Braunschweig, Carol (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2014.
• Έκδοση: 2nd ed. 2014.
• Σειρά: Nutrition and Health
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Nutrition.; Diabetes.; Endocrinology.; Gastroenterology.; Clinical nutrition.; Medicine & Public Health.; Clinical Nutrition.; Human Physiology.

The field of adipose tissue biology has been expanding at a very rapid pace in the last few years. Numerous advances have been made since publication of the first edition of this book, in terms of basic adipocyte biology, understanding of the determinants of obesity, distribution of body fat and wei...

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