Association between body mass index and muscularity in healthy older Japanese women and men

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kanehisa, Hiroaki ^a   Fukunaga, Tetsuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS AND SPORTS IN KANOYA   (Japan)

Author keywords

B mode ultrasonography; Estimated muscle mass; Muscle thickness

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84878741670     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1880-6805-32-4     Document Type: Article

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