Correlation between body mass index and body fat distribution anthropometric indices in adults and the elderly;Correlação entre o índice de massa corporal e os indicadores antropométricos de distribuição de gordura corporal em adultos e idosos

Revista de Nutricao

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-61

  Sampaio, Lilian Ramos ^a   Figueiredo, Vanessa De Carvalho ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b Autônoma   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adult; Aged; Anthropometry; Body mass index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 17944371740     PISSN: 14155273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1415-52732005000100005     Document Type: Article

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