Gender differences in body fat of low- and high-body-mass children: Relationship with body mass index

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 16-23

  Komiya, Shuichi ^a   Eto, Chieko ^a   Otoki, Kodo ^a   Teramoto, Keisuke ^a   Shimizu, Fumi ^a   Shimamoto, Hideki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

High body mass children; Internal fat mass; Low body mass children; Subcutaneous fat mass; Total body fat mass

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THICKNESS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0034067142     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050646     Document Type: Article

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