Ethnicity-related skeletal muscle differences across the lifespan

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-82

  Silva, Analiza M ^a   Shen, Wei ^b   Heo, Moonseong ^c   Gallagher, Dympna ^b   Wang, Zimian ^b   Sardinha, Luis B ^a   Heymsfield, Steven B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

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

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75349113010     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20956     Document Type: Article

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