"Basal Metabolism" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Heat production, or its measurement, of an organism at the lowest level of cell chemistry in an inactive, awake, fasting state. It may be determined directly by means of a calorimeter or indirectly by calculating the heat production from an analysis of the end products of oxidation within the organism or from the amount of oxygen utilized.
| Descriptor ID |
D001481
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.374.750.100 G03.495.335.154
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| Concept/Terms |
Basal Metabolism- Basal Metabolism
- Metabolic Rate, Basal
- Metabolism, Basal
- Basal Metabolic Rate
- Basal Metabolic Rates
- Metabolic Rates, Basal
- Rate, Basal Metabolic
- Rates, Basal Metabolic
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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