Age-related pattern of body density and body composition of Japanese men and women 18-59 years of age

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 743-752

  Tahara, Y ^a   Moji, K ^a   Aoyagi, K ^a   Tsunawake, N ^b   Muraki, S ^b   Mascie Taylor, C G N ^c  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAGASAKI   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY DENSITY; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0036830623     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10091     Document Type: Article

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