Age and sex variation in measures of body composition among the elderly Bengalee Hindus of Calcutta, India

Collegium Antropologicum

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 553-561

  Ghosh, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Ageing; Anthropometry; Bengalee Hindu; Body composition; India

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; REGISTER; SAMPLE SIZE; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; VARIANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HINDUISM; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 12244255801     PISSN: 03506134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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