Intra-abdominal adipose tissue deposition and parity

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1119-1124

  Blaudeau, T E ^a   Hunter, G R ^a   Sirikul, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Fat distribution; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BAECKE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33745526345     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803252     Document Type: Article

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