Body fat topography in Indian and Tibetan males of low and normal body mass index

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-185

  Vaz, Mario ^a   Ukyab, T T ^a   Padmavathi, R ^a   Kuriyan, R ^a   Muthayya, S ^a   Diffey, B ^b   Kurpad, A V ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Body composition; Cardiovascular risk; Indian; Skinfolds; Tibetan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHINA; CORONARY RISK; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT DISORDER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; TIBET; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0033013884     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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