The effects of 10 weeks of reforestation work on body composition

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-8

  Hodges, Alastair N H ^a,b   Ellis, Jacqueline D ^b   McKenzie, Donald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy expenditure; Manual labor; Occupational; Tree planting; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REFORESTATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 15744379729     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/PR01-03.1     Document Type: Article

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