Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 74, Issue 2 , Pages 183-188 , November 2006

Insulin resistance in Brazilian adolescent girls: Association with overweight and metabolic disorders

  • Marlene Merino Alvarez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Nutrição-CCS, Bloco J 2 andar, Av. Brigadeiro Trompowisky, s/n Ilha do Fundão, CEP 21941-590, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
    • Antonio Pedro Hospital, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +55 21 2562 6595; fax: +55 21 2280 8343.
    • ,
  • Ana Carolina Reiff e Vieira

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Nutrição-CCS, Bloco J 2 andar, Av. Brigadeiro Trompowisky, s/n Ilha do Fundão, CEP 21941-590, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
    • ,
  • Aníbal Sanches Moura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Laboratório de Fisiologia da Nutrição e do Desenvolvimento, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
    • ,
  • Gloria Valeria da Veiga

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Nutrição-CCS, Bloco J 2 andar, Av. Brigadeiro Trompowisky, s/n Ilha do Fundão, CEP 21941-590, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Received 9 October 2005 ,Accepted 16 March 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2006.03.018

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 74, Issue 2 , Pages 183-188 , November 2006

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