Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 53, Issue 10 , Pages 1355-1358 , October 2004

Traditional versus agricultural lifestyle among Shuar women of the Ecuadorian Amazon: Effects on leptin levels

  • Folke Lindgärde

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Medicine and Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
    • ,
  • Iréne Widén

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Vozandes del Oriente Shell, Shell, Ecuador
    • ,
  • Miriam Gebb

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Vozandes del Oriente Shell, Shell, Ecuador
    • ,
  • Bo Ahrén

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Bo Ahrén, MD, PhD, Department of Medicine, Lund University, B11 BMC, SE-221 84 Lund, Sweden

Received 22 January 2004 ,Accepted 9 April 2004.

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☆ Supported by Grant No. 6834 from the Swedish Research Council, Albert Pahlsson Foundation, Swedish Diabetes Association, and Stiftelsen för forskning inom diabetes och kärlsjukdom.

PII: S0026-0495(04)00208-2

doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2004.04.012

Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 53, Issue 10 , Pages 1355-1358 , October 2004

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