Validity of Published Prediction Equations for Body Composition in High Altitude Bolivian Aymara as Evaluated by Doubly Labeled Water

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 371-384

  Kashiwazaki, Hiroshi ^a,d   Dejima, Yasushi ^e   Orias Rivera, Jose ^b   Coward, William A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Hospital Virgen de Copacabana   (Bolivia)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AYMARA;

EID: 0043086228     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6300(1998)10:3<371::aid-ajhb12>3.0.co;2-5     Document Type: Article

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