Characterization of body weight and composition changes during the sophomore year of college

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Hull, Holly R ^a   Morrow, Michelle L ^b   Dinger, Mary K ^c   Han, Jennifer L ^c   Fields, David A ^d,e  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Children's Medical Research Institute's Diabetes and Metabolic Research Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COLLEGE STUDENT; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SPRING; WOMEN'S HEALTH; OBESITY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; WEIGHT GAIN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 38049125146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-7-21     Document Type: Article

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