Association of physical activity and visceral adipose tissue in older women and men

Obesity Research

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1065-1073

  Riechman, Steven E ^a,c   Schoen, Robert E ^a,b   Weissfeld, Joel L ^a   Thaete, F Leland ^b   Kriska, Andrea M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography scan; Disability; Questionnaire; Sex

Indexed keywords

FELIS CATUS;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036778209     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2002.144     Document Type: Article

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