Anthropometric Measures and Body Composition

Nutritional Epidemiology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Willett, Walter ^a   Hu, Frank ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anthropometric variables; Body composition; Body fat ditribution; Body mass; Epidemiologic studies; Height; Nutritional status; Weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921792742     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199754038.003.0009     Document Type: Chapter

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