Body composition and fat distribution among older Jat females: A rural-urban comparison

HOMO- Journal of Comparative Human Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 374-385

  Kaur, Maninder ^a   Talwar, Indu ^b  

^a KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 80053652266     PISSN: 0018442X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchb.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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