The relationship between daily steps and body composition in postmenopausal women

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 202-210

  Krumm, Emily M ^a   Dessieux, Olivera L ^a   Andrews, Pamela ^a   Thompson, Dixie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HIP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADIPOSITY; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERGOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; WALKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33645640080     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2006.15.202     Document Type: Article

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