Effect of menopausal status on body composition and abdominal fat distribution

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 226-231

  Toth, M J ^a   Tchernof, A ^a   Sites, C K ^a   Poehlman, E T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body fat distribution; Fat mass; Fat free mass; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID STORAGE; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 0033962727     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801118     Document Type: Article

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