The relationship between body mass index and body cell mass in African-American, Asian, and Caucasian adults

Acta Diabetologica

Volumn 40, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Wang, J ^a   Thornton, J C ^a   Heymsfield, S B ^a   Pierson Jr , R N ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Body cell mass; Body composition; Body mass index; Total body potassium

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ASIAN; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0142178069     PISSN: 09405429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00592-003-0094-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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