Gender differences in body fat distribution of 3- to 6-year-old Japanese children

Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 641-650

  Otoki, Kodo ^a   Komiya, Shuichi ^a   Teramoto, Keisuke ^a   Masuda, Takashi ^b   Ube, Makoto ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nakamura Gakuen Junior College   (Japan)

^c Seika Women's Junior College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Gender difference; Internal fat mass; Lean body mass; Subcutaneous fat mass; Total body fat mass

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347785104     PISSN: 0039906X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7600/jspfsm1949.48.641     Document Type: Article

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