Year-round high physical activity levels in agropastoralists of Bolivian Andes: Results from repeated measurements of DLW method in peak and slack seasons of agricultural activities

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 337-345

  Kashiwazaki, Hiroshi ^a,f   Uenishi, Kazuhiro ^b   Kobayashi, Toshio ^c   Rivera, Jose Orias ^d   Coward, William A ^e   Wright, Antony ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA NUTRITION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Hospital Virgen de Copacabana   (Bolivia)

^e MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEUTERIUM OXIDE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; DOUBLY LABELED WATER TECHNIQUE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; AGRICULTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON;

ANIMALIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURE; BOLIVIA; COHORT STUDIES; DEUTERIUM OXIDE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN RADIOISOTOPES; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS;

EID: 67449123283     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20864     Document Type: Article

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