Basic and clinical aspects of regional fat distribution

Bouchard, C; Bray, GA; Hubbard, VS

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Basic and clinical aspects of regional fat distribution

Bouchard, C, Bray, GA, Hubbard, VS·1990·The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

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Authors: Bouchard, C., Bray, G., & Hubbard, V.
Affiliations: Université Laval (CA)
ORCID: Bouchard, C
Venue: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 1990-11
Volume: 52
Issue: 5
Pages: 946-950
ISSN: 0002-9165 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/52.5.946
OpenAlex: W1754883330
Cited by: 191
References: 0
Citations by year: 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 7
FWCI: 6.50
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Body Composition Measurement Techniques
Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
Keywords: regional fat distribution, body fat distribution, fat deposition, obesity, visceral fat, subcutaneous adipose tissue
MeSH terms: Adipose Tissue, Body Composition, Humans, Risk Factors

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