1. Edition - March 2010
169.- Euro
2010. XXVI, 504 Pages, Hardcover
64 Fig. (14 Colored Fig.)
- Handbook/Reference Book -
ISBN-10: 3-527-31857-7
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-31857-5 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim






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Sample Chapter



Detailed description
This timely and most comprehensive reference available on the topic covers all the different aspects vital in the fight against the global obesity epidemic.
Following a look at adipose tissue development and morphology, the authors go on to examine its metabolic and endocrine functions and its role in disease. The final section deals with comparative and evolutionary aspects of the tissue.
The result is an essential resource for cell and molecular biologists, physiologists, biochemists, pharmacologists, and those working in the pharmaceutical industry.