Visceral fat is more important than peripheral fat for endometrial thickness and bone mass in healthy postmenopausal women

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 349-353

  Warming, Lise ^a   Ravn, Pernille ^a   Christiansen, Claus ^a  

^a CENTER FOR CLINICAL AND BASIC RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body composition; Bone mass; Endometrium; Fat distribution; Postmenopausal women

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BODY FAT; BONE MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037325047     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.93     Document Type: Article

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