Effect of exercise on total and intra-abdominal body fat in postmenopausal women: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 289, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 323-330

  Irwin, Melinda L ^a   Yasui, Yutaka ^b   Ulrich, Cornelia M ^b   Bowen, Deborah ^b   Rudolph, Rebecca E ^b   Schwartz, Robert S ^c   Yukawa, Michi ^b   Aiello, Erin ^b   Potter, John D ^b   McTiernan, Anne ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WALKING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0037438809     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.3.323     Document Type: Article

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