Estimation of the body composition of young Japanese women measured by simple anthropometric measurements

Nutrition Research

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1083-1089

  Yamagishi, Hiroyuki ^a   Kuchiki, Tsutomu ^b   Okazaki, Hideki ^a   Itabashi, Akira ^c   Kitano, Takao ^d  

^a Musashigaoka College   (Japan)

^b SPA Institute of Physical Fitness ^*  (Japan)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body Composition; Body Mass Index and Japanese Young Females; Skinfold Thicknesses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 0030902415     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(97)00092-4     Document Type: Article

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