Association of swim distance and age with body composition in adult female swimmers

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2110-2114

  Tuuri, Georgianna ^a,b   Loftin, Mark ^a,b   Oescher, Jeffrey ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fat; Master swimmer; Regional adiposity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BONE MINERAL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID STORAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKINFOLD; SWIMMING;

EID: 0036897676     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200212000-00037     Document Type: Article

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