Relation between body composition, fat distribution, and lung function in elderly men

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 827-831

  Santana, H ^a   Zoico, E ^a   Turcato, E ^a   Tosoni, P ^a   Bissoli, L ^a   Olivieri, M ^a   Bosello, O ^a   Zamboni, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body composition; Elderly men; Fat distribution; Fat mass; Fat free mass; Italy; Lung function

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; LIPID STORAGE; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0035079999     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/73.4.827     Document Type: Article

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