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Jason Vassy
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Websites : Harvard Catalyst Profile, SAGE Publications

BIOGRAPHY

Jason Vassy is an instructor in medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. He contributed an article on “Brown Adipose Tissue” to SAGE Publications’ Encyclopedia of Global Health (2007), and a version of this article was used for his Britannica entry on this topic.

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Small squirrel peeking out of a snowy bank, with a blue circle surrounding it.
brown adipose tissue
Brown adipose tissue, specialized type of connective tissue found in most mammals that generates heat. Newborns and animals that hibernate have an elevated risk for hypothermia. Newborns, for example, have a larger surface area-to-volume ratio than adults and cannot warm themselves on their own by

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Publications (1)
Encyclopedia of Global Health
Encyclopedia of Global Health (January 2008)
By Yawei Zhang

"A general reference for topics related to health worlwide, this encyclopedia is ambitious in its scope, with entries for specific diseases and conditions, geographical areas, health issues, biographical information, and organizations related to world health policy."
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"A useful, one-stop reference for health professionals and the general population alike that speaks to important changes and issues in global health; a foundation of knowledge essential for any...

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