Body composition parameters in healthy brazilian women differ from white, black, and hispanic american women reference range

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 360-367

  Sousa, Maria das Graças Barbosa ^a   Pinheiro, Marcelo M ^a   Szejnfeld, Vera L ^a   Castro, Charlles H M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body composition; Brazilian women; DXA; Fat mass; Lean mass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BRAZIL; CAUCASIAN; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAT MASS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BODY COMPOSITION; BRAZILIAN WOMEN; DXA; FAT MASS; LEAN MASS;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; BRAZIL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881093142     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: 15590747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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