Low muscle mass - Tall and obese children. A special genre of obesity

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 750-755

  Ralt, Dina ^a  

^a Izun and Tmura   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MUSCLE MASS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EXERCISE; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; MUSCLES; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID;

ARMERIA;

EID: 33846440507     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.05.071     Document Type: Article

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