Intraindividual variation in the basal metabolic rate of women: Effect of the menstrual cycle

@article{Curtis1996IntraindividualVI,
  title={Intraindividual variation in the basal metabolic rate of women: Effect of the menstrual cycle},
  author={V. Curtis and C. Jeya K. Henry and E. Birch and A Ghusain-Choueiri},
  journal={American Journal of Human Biology},
  year={1996},
  volume={8},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:22936847}
}
BMR during the early follicular phase was found to be significantly lower than during the late luteal phase, and may not be considered a biological constant in women given the energy requirements of both individuals and populations now calculated using the BMR.
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