Appendicular skeletal muscle mass: Effects of age, gender, and ethnicity

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 229-239

  Gallagher, Dympna ^a   Visser, Marjolein ^c   De Meersman, Ronald E ^b   Sepúlveda, Dennis ^a   Baumgartner, Richard N ^d   Pierson, Richard N ^a   Harris, Tamara ^e   Heymsfield, Steven B ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Body composition; Total body potassium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0030835294     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.83.1.229     Document Type: Article

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