Skeletal muscle mass and aging: Regional and whole-body measurement methods

Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 102-122

  Lee, Robert C ^a   Wang, ZiMian ^a   Heymsfield, Steven B ^a  

^a Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Function; Nutritional assessment; Skeletal muscle mass

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035260520     PISSN: 10667814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/h01-008     Document Type: Article

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