Body size and composition in Polynesians

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1178-1183

  Swinburn, B A ^a   Ley, S J ^a   Carmichael, H E ^a   Plank, L D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Bioelectrical impedance; Body composition; Body mass index; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Maori; Polynesians; Samoans

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIOMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; POLYNESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKINFOLD;

BIA;

EID: 0032730386     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801053     Document Type: Article

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