Association of age and physical exercise with bodyweight and body composition in Asian Chinese men

Aging Male

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 265-274

  Goh, Victor H H ^a   Tong, Terry Y Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

age; Asian men; bone mass; fat mass; lean mass; Physical exercise

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MASS; CHINESE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRUNK; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; EXERCISE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 78449295519     PISSN: 13685538     EISSN: 14730790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13685538.2010.489623     Document Type: Article

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