Effects of diet- and exercise-induced weight loss on visceral adipose tissue in men and women

Sports Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-64

  Ross, Robert ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BODY FAT; CALORIC INTAKE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0030791289     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-199724010-00005     Document Type: Review

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