Precedence of the shift of body-fat distribution over the change in body composition after menopause

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 513-516

  Morita, Youichiro ^a   Iwamoto, Ichiro ^a   Mizuma, Nobuhisa ^a   Kuwahata, Tomoki ^a   Matsuo, Takashi ^a   Yoshinaga, Mitsuhiro ^a   Douchi, Tsutomu ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Body composition; Body fat distribution; Bone mineral density; Menopause

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LEG; LUMBAR SPINE; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME VARIABLE; POSTMENOPAUSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRUNK; WEIGHT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33748806289     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2006.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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