Body composition in Chinese subjects: Relationship with age and disease

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-32

  Woo, J ^a   Kwok, T ^a   Lau, E ^a   Li, M ^a   Yu, L M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Body composition; Chinese; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIOMETRY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BONE MINERAL; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; TOTAL BODY WATER;

EID: 0030727239     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(97)00026-5     Document Type: Article

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