Fat distribution in male and female children and adolescents;Distribucion de la grasa en ninos y adolescentes de ambos sexos

Anales Espanoles de Pediatria

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-139

  Moreno Aznar, L A ^a   Fleta Zaragozano, J ^a   Mur De Frenne, L ^a   Feja Solana, C ^a   Rodriguez Martiez G ^a   Sarria Chueca A ^a   Bueno Sanchez M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Fat distribution; Nutritional status; Subscapular skinfold thickness; Triceps skinfold thickness; Waist to hip circumference ratio

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPAIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPAIN;

EID: 7344233146     PISSN: 03024342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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