Relationship of upper body obesity to menstrual disorders

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 147-150

  Douchi, Tsutomu ^a   Kuwahata, Riki ^a   Yamamoto, Shinako ^a   Oki, Toshimichi ^a   Yamasaki, Hideki ^a   Nagata, Yukihiro ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Lower body obesity; Menstrual disorders; Upper body obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY REGIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; OBESITY; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036127456     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2002.810210.x     Document Type: Article

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