Sex differences in whole body skeletal muscle mass measured by magnetic resonance imaging and its distribution in young Japanese adults

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 436-440

  Abe, T ^a   Kearns, C F ^b   Fukunaga, T ^c  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BONE; CALCULATION; CERVICAL SPINE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITOMETRY; DENSITY; DEVICE; DISTRIBUTION VOLUME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; THICKNESS; VOLUNTEER; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0141956603     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.37.5.436     Document Type: Article

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