Erratum to: Age and health indications assessed by silhouette photographs (European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, (1999), 53, 8, (606-611), 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600816);Age and health indications assessed by silhouette photographs

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 606-611

  Han, T S ^a   Morrison, C E ^a   Lean, M E J ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body shape; Health promotion; Muscle mass; Obesity; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032869423     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600910     Document Type: Erratum

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