Skeletal muscle mass and distribution in 468 men and women aged 18-88 yr

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-88

  Janssen, Ian ^a   Heymsfield, Steven B ^b   Wang, ZiMian ^b   Ross, Robert ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Aging; Human skeletal muscle; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0033927851     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.89.1.81     Document Type: Article

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